For Kidneys Sake
North West London Kidney Care 42 episodes Nov 10, 2026
For Kidneys' Sake is a podcast series from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board. It provides healthcare professionals, especially those in primary care, with accessible insights into kidney health. Each short episode covers topics like chronic kidney disease management and heart failure, offering practical updates to improve patient care. Episodes are around 15 minutes long, designed to be listened to on the go. The series aims to support clinicians and patients with the latest strategies in integrated kidney care.
Episodes
How about: Kidney Transplants: From Waitlist to GP List
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)When a kidney transplant is working well, what might still be slipping under the radar? In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel explore why transplantation can offer better survi
Dialysis: Let's Clear Things Up
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)How much do GPs really need to know about dialysis – and could better understanding of the options make a real difference to patients' lives? Dialysis has changed considerably over recent decades, offering pat
Kidney Failure: Care, Choice and Dignity
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Is dialysis always the best option for someone with kidney failure – or could it sometimes do more harm than good? For older, frailer patients living with advanced chronic kidney disease, the decision to start or c
To Pee or Not to Pee: Diuretics in CKD
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Could stopping a diuretic to protect kidney function actually make a patient more unwell?In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, Dr Andrew Frankel and Dr Jeremy Levy tackle common misconceptions about diuretics in chr
Potassium: It’s a Bit of a Bind(er)
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Could controlling potassium be the key to giving more patients the heart- and kidney-protective treatment they need?High potassium can prevent people with chronic kidney disease or heart failure from receiving opti
Metformin: How Low Can You Go?
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)What do the new NICE guidelines tell us about the changing relationship between diabetes, kidney disease and cardiovascular health? The updated NICE guidance on type 2 diabetes marks an important change in how clin
Think kidneys in hypertension and managing the combination
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Could your patient's kidneys be telling you something their blood pressure isn't?In this episode of For Kidney's Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by Prof Ian Wilkinson, Preside
A fine time for finerenone: another kidney drug that works
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Do we really need another kidney drug?Many people still see finerenone as 'just another spironolactone ', but is that really the case? In this episode of For Kidney's Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr An
It’s all Relative: When Kidney Disease Runs in the Family
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Is Kidney Disease Hiding in the Family?Could a patient’s kidney disease have a genetic cause and what clues might we be missing? Genetic kidney conditions are more common than many clinicians realise, and spotting
A Century of Creatinine and the Endless Search for Accuracy
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)This week on For Kidneys Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel celebrate an unlikely centenary: 100 years since creatinine was first recognised as a marker of kidney function. From the early days of serum cr
Wee Need to Talk About UTIs
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)How confident are you that the patient in front of you really has a urinary tract infection?In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, consultant nephrologists Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel tackle one of the most common
Prescribing in CKD: What to Stop, What to Use & What to Avoid
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this refreshed re-release episode, Professor Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel revisit one of the most common and challenging areas in chronic kidney disease (CKD) management: medication reviews and safe prescri
Decoding Albuminuria: The One Where We Tell You Not to Panic About Proteinuria
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this reflective re-release episode, Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy revisit one of the podcast’s most practical and enduring topics: low-level albuminuria and the interpretation of urine ACR testing in pr
Can I Take This? (Supplements Revisited): Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)The For Kidneys Sake podcast series, returns with refreshed episodes from our earlier series. With over 30 episodes and 15,000 listeners, we’re revisiting key topics while we prepare our next series. In this episod
Sweet Urine Returns: Good Times Still Rolling
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)This episode is a refreshed re-release of “Sweet Urine – Good Times Never Seemed So Good”, one of our early For Kidneys Sake podcasts, revisited to reflect how quickly the evidence base around SGLT2 inhibitors has
Bananas are STILL not the problem! Hyperkalaemia and CKD
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)This episode is a refreshed re-release of our very first For Kidneys Sake podcast, updated to reflect current practice while reinforcing the core messages that remain just as relevant today. Despite increased aware
Your Kidneys Called… They Have Questions
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)What are patients really asking when they’re told they have chronic kidney disease? In this insightful and open episode, Sister Joana Teles steps out from behind the scenes to bring frontline wisdom from the “Know
Kidney Diets: Less Fear, More Food
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)What should you actually eat if you’ve just been told you have chronic kidney disease?It’s one of the first questions patients ask and unfortunately, the internet often makes the answer far more confusing than it n
From Cysts to Cortex: Interpreting Kidney Ultrasounds
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)An ultrasound report lands in your inbox. It mentions a cyst. Or a bright kidney. Or “thin cortex.” Or asymmetry. And suddenly, what was meant to reassure becomes a source of anxiety. In this highly practical episo
Finerenone and Semaglutide now on team kidney
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)For years, diabetic kidney disease felt frustratingly static: ACE inhibitors, ARBs… and then very little else. In this episode, Porf Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel unpack why that era is finally over. With SGLT2
Bridging Cardio-Renal Care: A Nurse Practitioner’s Take
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this episode of For Kidneys’ Sake, Professors Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel speak with Beverley Bostock, Advanced Nurse Practitioner in primary care, Editor-in-Chief of Practice Nurse Journal, and President-
Kidneys vs Heart: The Battle HF Nurses Navigate Every Day
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode of For Kidneys’ Sake, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by heart failure specialist: Carys Barton, Consultant Heart Failure Nurse and the first nurse to chair the British Society fo
The RAASi reset
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew revisit one of the most fundamental yet persistently misunderstood areas in kidney care: the use and misuse of renin–angiotensin system inhibitors (RAASIs). Despite being cheap,
From fluid overload to volume depletion: tips on how to get it right?
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode, Jeremy and Andrew discuss one of the most deceptively tricky areas of everyday kidney and general medical practice: assessing fluid balance. From swollen ankles to dizzy spells, from SGLT2-induced
Pharmacists on the Frontline of CKD & CRM
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode of For Kidneys’ Sake, consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by Rory Donnelly, a senior pharmacist and system lead for diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD)
Personalised Care: The Missing Trick in CRM
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode of For Kidneys’ Sake, consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel speak with Dr. Madhvi Joshi, a GP and certified health coach, about the power of personalised care and health c
Fit for Three: Protecting Heart, Kidneys and Blood vessels
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy are joined by Dr Tony Willis, a GP and clinical lead in diabetes and chronic kidney disease prevention. Together, they examine the eviden
Is obesity a cardio-renal burden we can slim down?
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode of For Kidneys'Sake, Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy are joined by Dr Khuldir Johal, a GP and clinical lead for the Harrow CRM Hub, to discuss the relationship between obesity and Cardi
Cardio-Renal What? Time to Speak the Same Language
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this special introductory episode of For Kidneys’ Sake, nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel open a new series on Cardio-Renal Metabolic (CRM) disease, a complex syndrome where kidney disease, c
For Gout’s Sake! Managing Gout in CKD
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel discuss the relationship between gout and chronic kidney disease (CKD). They explore how CKD increases the risk
eGFR 60–90: When to Watch, When to Worry
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this podcast, consultant nephrologists Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel are joined by Dr. Mohammad Haidar, a GP and clinical lead for cardiovascular and renal medicine in North West London. They discuss how to in
Decoding Albuminuria: What Low-Level Protein in Urine Really Means
Do you have a question? Send it now...In this episode of For Kidney’s Sake, consultant nephrologists Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel discuss albuminuria, focusing on the interpretation and management of low-level abnormal results. They explore how to distinguish between harmless fluctuations and early signs of kidney damage, clarify the coding system (A1, A2, A3), and explain why urine albumin-to-c
You want a baby? CKD, fertility and pregnancy: don't fail to plan
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this discussion, consultant nephrologists Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by Dr Phil Webster to examine fertility and pregnancy in the context of chronic kidney disease (CKD). They highlight t
Red urine, yellow urine, red urine, yellow urine: Managing Haematuria
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode, consultants Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel, both nephrologists at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, discuss the significance and management of microscopic (non-visible) haematuria in
Managing Kidney Health in Older Adults – Age vs Frailty
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).In this episode of For Kidneys Sake, consultants Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel are joined by Dr Melanie Dani, a geriatrician, to discuss the complexities of managing chronic kidney disease (CKD) in older
Can I Take This? Supplements, creatine, recreational drugs and Kidney Health
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS).Welcome to For Kidneys’ Sake! The new name for our podcast series is previously known as The Rest Is Kidneys. In this first episode of our new 20-part series, Prof Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel return to tackl
Introducing For Kidneys Sake Podcast - New name, Same Kidney Chat (Just More of It)
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Following the success of The Rest Is Kidneys, our podcast returns with a new name and a fresh series of conversations that get to the heart of kidney care. Hosted by Professor Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel, For
CKD Essentials: Your Top Questions Answered
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this special Q&A episode, Prof Jeremy Levy, Dr Andrew Frankel, and specialist nurse Joana Teles tackle key CKD questions from primary care. They discuss CKD coding adjustments, NSAID safety, and the importan
Managing heart failure and CKD is NOT Mission Impossible!
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)This podcast episode explores the intersection of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure, providing guidance for managing patients with both conditions. Hosts Prof Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel, consultant
Drugs to review with a falling GFR, and conquering pain in CKD
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)This episode provides practical advice for primary care professionals on reviewing medications and prescribing pain relief for patients with CKD. The discussion focuses on assessing kidney function using estimated
Power to the People: Educate to Empower
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this episode, Professor Jeremy Levy, Dr. Andrew Frankel, and clinical lead kidney nurse specialist Joana Teles discuss how to effectively educate and empower patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), focusing
Sweet Urine; good times never seemed so good!
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this episode, Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel discuss the game-changing role of SGLT2 inhibitors in treating chronic kidney disease (CKD). These drugs, initially developed for diabetes, have shown remarkable bene
ACE Inhibitors: Still a role for 40 year old drugs?
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this episode, Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel discuss the role of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors (RAASi) in the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD), looking deeper into the mechanisms, ben
CKD Coding does not need GCHQ or Enigma machines
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this episode, consultant nephrologists Jeremy Levy and Andrew Frankel from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust are joined by Dr Kuldhir Johal, a GP and interim cardiovascular and renal lead. Together, they dis
"Chronic" is not wicked or awful, as your teenager might tell you!
Do you have a question? Send it now...The For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this episode of the North West London Kidney Care Podcast, Consultant Nephrologists Andrew Frankel and Jeremy Levy from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust discuss the diagnosis and management of chronic kidne
Lifestyle CKD and CVD: Spot the differences
Do you have a question? Send it now...For Kidneys Sake podcast series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In this episode, nephrologists Professor Jeremy Levy and Dr Andrew Frankel, both from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, explore strategies for managing Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). The conversation focuses on ess
Bananas are not the problem! Hyperkalaemia and CKD
Do you have a question? Send it now...For Kidney's Sake series is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)In our first For Kidneys Sake episode, Dr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy, Consultant Nephrologists at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, discuss hyperkalaemia (high potassium levels), particularly in patients wi
Introducing the For Kidneys Sake: a North West London Kidney Care podcast
Do you have a question? Send it now...This podcast is brought to you by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and North West London Integrated Care Board (NWL NHS)Introducing For Kidneys' Sake podcast, a new series hosted by Consultant Nephrologists at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Mr Andrew Frankel and Prof Jeremy Levy. In this trailer, clinical lead nurse Joana Teles, local GP, and
