Turning the Spotlight on Home Dialysis

We enjoyed strong attendance, open conversation and shared intent at our recent Spotlight events in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, presented as part of Home Dialysis Awareness Month. Explore the insights from our speaker line-up.

Spotlight on Home Dialysis: Key Insights from Recent State Forums

Across Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, with attendees from across NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Queensland, our recent Home Dialysis Spotlight events brought clinicians together to focus on a shared challenge: how to continue advancing home dialysis in a way that is practical, sustainable and centred on genuine patient choice.

Attendance across all three events was strong, reflecting both the relevance of the topic and the clinical appetite for open discussion on what is working, what isn’t, and what needs to change.

Moving from aspiration to action

While each forum was tailored to local context, the conversation was consistent. Across all three Spotlight events, a consistent message emerged: advancing home dialysis now depends on earlier treatment conversations, better aligned care teams, and pathways that make patient choice easier to translate into action. The discussions also reinforced a broader shift in thinking, with home dialysis increasingly recognised not only as a patient-centred option, but as part of a more sustainable response to capacity, workforce and service delivery challenges across renal care.

Local perspectives, shared priorities

Each state brought its own lens to the discussion.

Sydney focused on breaking down practical barriers to home dialysis and strengthening treatment options pathways so patient choice translates into real outcomes
Brisbane examined how programs can manage growth in home therapies across diverse settings, drawing on real-world case studies and local experience
Melbourne explored dialysis start timing, modality confidence and how care teams can better support patients to successfully remain on home therapies

A strong partnership with clinicians

The level of engagement across the Spotlight series highlighted a clear commitment from the clinical community to home dialysis excellence. Open, peer-led discussion allowed clinicians to share successes, challenge assumptions and learn from each other’s experience.

This collaborative approach remains critical to sustaining momentum and continuing to improve access to home dialysis across Australia.

What’s next

First up is our Auckland event in September, and planning for our 2027 events where we hope to bring the same valuable education experience to help advance home dialysis excellence even further.

The insights we have learnt from the Spotlight events will continue to inform our education, resources and collaboration throughout the year, supporting ongoing efforts to embed home dialysis as a realistic, well-supported option for more patients.