Consultants in diabetes today provide vital clinical and strategic leadership within their Trusts, both as clinical and medical directors, and in a variety of roles in the wider health economy. In addition to continuous professional development, which all healthcare professionals are required to complete, ABCD encourages its members to engage in continuing personal development, providing a range of development opportunities for those who might wish to take on leadership roles in the future.
The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists
The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) is the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus.
Upcoming events
Webinar: Screening for and managing early type 1 diabetes
Thursday 3rd October 2024 17:00 - 18:15
As screening initiatives are being set up internationally, and with the availability of clinical coding for presymptomatic type 1 diabetes (T1D), an increasing number of people are being identified with T1D…
Announcements
DTN statement regarding the use of Medtrum HCL systems
The DTN committee are aware that questions have arisen since the inclusion of the Medtrum HCL system in the framework, provided by NHS Supply Chain, for the procurement of HCL systems to support the…
ABCD audits win prizes and found newsworthy at recent DUK meeting in London
Dr. Bob Ryder, Consultant Diabetologist,
At the Diabetes UK annual professional conference at ExCel London, 17-19 April 2024, Dr Tom Crabtree presented data from ABCD NHS England pilot audit of hybrid closed loop therapy (HCL) which was…
Launch of qualitative findings from the Re:Mission study
Dr. Christopher Walton, Consultant in Diabetes,
On Wednesday April 17th 2024 on the first day of the Diabetes UK professional meeting at the ExCel London, the British Journal of Diabetes is publishing 6 papers, online-first, detailing the findings…
ABCD audits at the recent ATTD meeting in Florence
Dr. Bob Ryder, Consultant Diabetologist,
The ABCD audit programme featured at the 17th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD 2024) which was held on 6-9 March 2024 in Florence, Italy.In an…
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The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists is the national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus. Most are also Acute General Physicians, and many are also Specialists in Endocrinology and Lipid Metabolism.
