Reports

This Special Report is a collaboration between the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN). This Special Report details results from a survey of adult and paediatric Nephrology Units in Australia and New Zealand. Part 1 details units’ workforce structure and Part 2 has a special focus on dialysis capacity This report complements existing Registry publications including the ANZDATA and ANZSN Special Report on Haemodialysis Capacity. This is part of an ongoing body of work addressing growing rates of kidney failure and areas of service constraint and shortfall in meeting the needs of the growing number of patients undergoing kidney replacement therapy.

This report is a collaboration between the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant (ANZDATA) Registry and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN).This Special Report on haemodialysis capacity complements existing Registry publications by focusing on the infrastructure supporting haemodialysis treatments in Australia.

With special thanks to the Parenthood Working Group members for their invaluable contributions and support, this report presents findings from the annual ANZDATA Parenthood Survey conducted in December 2022. It aims to inform contributing units in Australia and New Zealand, as well as other stakeholders, about parenthood outcomes among women and men receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT; chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation) for kidney failure.

This report summarises key findings from the parenthood survey, providing insights for contributing units in Australia and New Zealand, as well as other stakeholders, on parenthood outcomes among women and men receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT; chronic dialysis or kidney transplantation) for kidney failure. It is the second publication in the ANZDATA Special Report series.

This is the first of the ANZDATA special report series. These reports aim to complement existing output (such as the Annual Report) and provide an opportunity to release material that is of relevance to contributors but does not fit readily within an annual reporting structure, or suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed research journal. These reports are prepared and reviewed internally.ANZDATA Special Report Series – No. 1 – summarising the of findings from the Australian and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant unit survey conducted in association with the December 2019 ANZDATA data collection.