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Top 10 tips for coding in diabetes...
Author: Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD
Date of the announcement: 21 March, 2018
  1. Always include “diabetes” as a diagnosis in inpatients Even if not the primary reason for admission, specify that the patient has diabetes and the specific type. This affects the complication score (the “cc score”) affecting...
John Wales Memorial Lecture
Author: Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD
Date of the announcement: 19 March, 2018
It is my pleasure to announce that the first “John Wales Memorial Lecture” will be delivered by Dr Peter Winocour at the spring meeting of ABCD in Glasgow. 'Delivering better diabetes care - it's about time!’ I hope you will be able to join us...
Diabetes UK 2018 - snippets
Author: Caroline Day (Consultant Editor, BJD)
Date of the announcement: 16 March, 2018
If you didn’t manage to attend the 2018 Diabetes UK APC   go to the App store and  download  the meeting  App (DUKPC).  It will give you a flavour of the meeting and access to the Abstracts.  Below are summaries of...
New BJD Editor-in-Chief
Author: Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD
Date of the announcement: 13 March, 2018
ABCD is delighted to  announce the appointment of Dr Marie-France Kong to  the post of Editor-in-Chief  of British Journal of Diabetes (BJD). Dr Kong works as a Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leicester Royal Infirmary and...
New ABCD honorary treasurer
Author: Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD
Date of the announcement: 26 February, 2018
After canvassing the membership interest from four excellent candidates was expressed and an election was held.  I am delighted to announce that Dr Andy Macklin was successfully elected and will be shadowing Tony Robinson, our current treasurer...
Final reminder and joining instructions for the Type 1 Collaborative Webinar
Author: Rob Gregory - Ex-officio Chair, ABCD Committee
Date of the announcement: 23 February, 2018
  Joining Instructions to see this important webinar on “FLASH GLUCOSE MONITORING & CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING” Tuesday 27th February 2018 5.00 – 6.00pm Agenda & speakers; • Introducing the TI Clinical Collaborative...
Type 1 Collaborative Webinar
Author: Rob Gregory - Ex-officio Chair, ABCD Committee
Date of the announcement: 15 February, 2018
  A must see webinar on: "Flash Glucose Monitoring & Continuous Glucose Monitoring" Tuesday 27th February 5.00 – 6.00pm Agenda & Speakers: • Introducing the TI Clinical Collaborative Dr Rob...
NHS England highlights progress in commissioning local diabetes services
Author: Susannah Rowles (ABCD Committee Member)
Date of the announcement: 6 February, 2018
NHS England has published the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCGIAF) results for local diabetes services in 2016/17. The Framework shows how local CCGs are performing against criteria across a number of...
News from the APPG for Diabetes
Author: Ana Pokrajac (ABCD Committee Member and Diabetes UK National Clinical Champion)
Date of the announcement: 6 February, 2018
  APPG for Diabetes Meeting on the Childhood Obesity Plan A meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes took place to discuss where the current Childhood Obesity Strategy has been effective and...
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