ANZDATARegistry

01/06/2026

🔍 New Australian evidence on living kidney donation

Title: Kidney Failure After Living Kidney Donation in Australia: A National Registry Linkage Study, 2004–2024

Authors: Melanie Wyld, Kate Wyburn

By linking the Australia and New Zealand Living Kidney Donor Registry with Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), researchers were able to generate the first robust Australian estimates of long-term kidney failure risk after living donation.

📊 Key findings from 2004–2024:
-5,291 donors followed over ~57,000 person-years
-Only 3 donors required kidney replacement therapy (KRT)
-No cases within the first 10 years post-donation

read more:

National linkage of the Australia and New Zealand Living Kidney Donor Registry and the Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry provides the first Australian estimates of kidney fai...

19/05/2026

🔬 New Research Spotlight

Title: Impacts of preoperative kidney function and acute kidney injury on long-term kidney failure after cardiac surgery: a registry-based cohort study

This registry-based cohort study draws on large-scale data to explore how preoperative kidney function and the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) influence long-term outcomes following cardiac surgery.

Authors:
Dominic Keuskamp, Christopher Davies, Robert Baker, Kevan Polkinghorne, Christopher Reid, Julian Smith, Lavinia Tran, Jenni Williams-Spence, Rory Wolfe, Stephen McDonald AM

Read more here:

Acute kidney injury is a common complication of cardiac surgery and may lead to kidney failure. In a large sample sourced from national registries, we esti

06/05/2026

Thank you to Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, and to national health reporter Stephanie Dalzell, for taking the time to report on the findings of the ANZDATARegistry / Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) haemodialysis capacity report and for bringing this issue into the national spotlight.

ABC article:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-05/dialysis-shortage-kidney-disease/106615628

For people living with kidney disease, dialysis isn’t a choice, it’s a life‑sustaining treatment. Maintaining access to it can be incredibly hard on patients: long travel, uncertainty about treatment availability, workforce shortages, and the constant disruption to daily life all take a real physical and emotional toll.

This reporting and the data behind it clearly show what many patients already know, accessing dialysis is becoming harder, and the strain is felt most by those who rely on treatment just to stay alive. Shining a light on these realities is critical if we’re serious about protecting patient safety and dignity now and into the future.

Dialysis units across Australia and New Zealand are being forced to ration lifesaving care for patients with kidney failure, according to a major new report which has warned of a "significant threat" to patient safety.

05/05/2026

𝐀 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧

Today we release the 2025 ANZSN & ANZDATA Haemodialysis Capacity Survey, the most comprehensive assessment of dialysis capacity across Australia and New Zealand to date.

The findings reveal growing pressure on haemodialysis services, with many units operating at or beyond safe and sustainable capacity.

The findings reveal growing pressure on haemodialysis services, with many units operating at or beyond safe and sustainable capacity.

Key findings from the report include:

▪️ 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 80% 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦
▪️24% 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴
▪️𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

📄 Read the full report here:

This report presents the results of a 2025 survey of haemodialysis capacity conducted by the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), the…

20/04/2026

Last week, we were pleased to welcome Paolo (Pao) Cardelli (Consumer Advisory Panel Chair) and Jill Naylor (newly appointed Deputy Chair) to SAHMRI.

Jill was visiting from WA and took the opportunity to meet with the ANZDATARegistry Team and tour the building. The visit provided a valuable chance to connect with the team, strengthen relationships between Consumer Advisory Panel and staff. It was also a great opportunity to explore ways to further collaborate and enhance engagement moving forward.

Thank you, Paolo and Jill, for taking the time to visit.

01/04/2026

The ANZDATARegistry team would like to say thank you and farewell to Hayet Baouche, a midwife and PhD candidate from the REIN Registry in Paris, that joined us for 8 weeks to collaborate with the Pregnancy and Parenthood working group.

31/03/2026

Stephen McDonald AM presenting "Lessons Learned From Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Trials: ANZDATA Insights" at WCN '26

ANZDATARegistry

18/03/2026

Introducing new ANZORRG Team Member: Nil Gurung, Software Developer

Nil Gurung is originally from Nepal and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and a Master of Information Technology (specialising in Mobile Application Development) from Central Queensland University. He has over 10 years of experience working across frontend and backend technologies, including .NET, Angular, and AWS, both overseas and in Australia. His current focus is on web platform development to support ANZORRG’s registry systems.

Welcome to the team, Nil!

18/03/2026

Last week, the ANZDATARegistry team attended the SAHMRI Registry Centre Datathon and annual symposium, bringing together clinicians, researchers, data scientists and project teams for a 2 days of problem‑solving, data exploration and enlightening presentations.

A huge thank you to the SAHMRI Registry Centre Organising Committee for hosting such a valuable event.

Pictured below:
The Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA) Datathon Mentor team: Phil Clayton, Dana Forcey, Christopher Davies, Yinhao Deng

Presenters at the symposium: Katie Cundale, Stephen McDonald AM

11/03/2026

💚❤️💛💙 World Kidney Day 2026 (WKD) 💚❤️💛💙
Today is World Kidney Day, an important time to recognise the impact of kidney disease worldwide.
Every year, Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA) plays a vital role in understanding kidney health. By capturing high‑quality, comprehensive data, ANZDATA supports clinicians, researchers, health services, and communities to improve outcomes for people living with kidney disease.

Across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand:
💚More than 21,000 people rely on life‑sustaining dialysis
💛Just over 14,000 people are currently living with a kidney transplant

Behind these numbers are real people, real stories, and real challenges.
Today, we honour the kidney community and reaffirm our commitment to supporting evidence‑based, people‑centred kidney care.

Pictured below: the ANZDATA Team celebrating WKD on location at SAHMRI.