Measured, not assumed
Baseline weight, kidney function and medication history are documented before any decision about treatment is made.
The clinician
Nephrology standards applied to weight management
The Kidney Weight Clinic is led by Professor Mohammed Mahdi Althaf, a UK consultant renal specialist. The service exists because people with reduced kidney function were being offered either no weight-loss support at all, or support from services with no renal expertise.
Book your first consultation
Booking done on Professor Althaf's clinic page and clicking here will take you there
How we practise
Four principles behind the service
Regular monitoring
2-monthly follow-up appointments and continuous clinical monitoring, with weight and kidney function reviewed before every prescription.
Renal-first prescribing
Dose escalation is paced around fluid balance, gastrointestinal tolerance and kidney function, not around a commercial timetable.
One clinical record
Weight, dose history and creatinine live in a single monitored record, with every entry attributed to the person who made it.
Where you are seen
Initial and review consultations take place face to face at Spire Norwich. Between appointments, monitoring happens on this platform, which is the clinical system of record for weight, dose and creatinine.
Editorial and review policy
Every article in the knowledge hub carries a named author and a medically reviewed byline with the review date. Guidance is referenced to NICE, the NHS and the UK Kidney Association, and is written to be read by patients rather than clinicians.
What this service is not
This is not an online prescribing shop. No medicine is issued from a web form, no payment is taken on this website, and treatment is not continued without review.