Dr Susannah Rowles has been appointed as ABCD Honorary General Secretary following the resignation of Dr Russell Drummond. Susannah was appointed unopposed following a call to the membership...
Association of British Clinical Diabetologists
Current News
Announcement date: 20 December, 2018
We wish to thank all those who worked so hard to submit data in time for our first deadline, and we are pleased to inform you that we had 216 users from 127 sites in 100 centres contributing data...
Announcement date: 5 December, 2018
Diabetes UK has published a new analysis highlighting that 6,836 children and young adults are reported to have Type 2 diabetes in England and Wales. This figure is far higher than the 715...
Announcement date: 30 November, 2018
I am delighted to announce that Dr Robert Gregory, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leicester Royal Infirmary, has been unanimously chosen to represent the three societies on...
Announcement date: 29 November, 2018
Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS England has announced that from April 2019, all patients who qualify for access to the flash glucose monitoring device, FreeStyle Libre, will be able to...
Announcement date: 26 November, 2018
Today we have launched our new, annual census of consultants in diabetes and endocrinology. This is being done instead of the previous paper survey you had received and is sent on behalf of ABCD;...
Announcement date: 14 November, 2018
NHS England have published their latest data on the prescriptions issued in primary care and dispensed in the community in the treatment of diabetes. The report finds that drugs used in diabetes...
Announcement date: 14 November, 2018
We recently worked with Mediaplanet UK on the 2018 Understanding Diabetes Campaign. A printed publication was enclosed within every copy of The Guardian newspaper and the content available online...
Announcement date: 1 November, 2018
We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this years competition which will be for the
‘Best Inpatient Educational Diabetes Programme for Health Care Professionals.
This JBDS –...
Announcement date: 15 October, 2018
Poster 1, poster 2 and interview. Two posters from the ABCD nationwide audit programme were presented at the EASD in Berlin between 2nd and 5th October 2018. Dr Amar Puttanna presented data from...
The British Journal of Diabetes is the official journal of the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists. It is a peer-reviewed quarterly publication available online and in print.
Working together to enhance access to technology for people living with diabetes
Welcome to the Diabetes Technology Network UK, an organisation designed to support UK healthcare professionals who are involved in the delivery of technologies designed to improve the lives of people living with diabetes.
The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists is proud to announce the launch of the Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Collaborative – UK. This is a collaborative of healthcare professionals working in multi-disciplinary teams providing care for adults with type 1 diabetes across the UK.
ABCD Events
Wednesday, 6 February, 2019
Wednesday, 13 February, 2019
Membership of the UK’s leading specialist association of clinical and academic diabetologists
Representing Diabetologists in national health decision making by influencing health policy and improving clinical practice at the highest levels in the organisation of the national health service (Click HERE for more on this)
Committed to the preservation and support of diabetes specialist care services
Supporting the growth of local secondary care diabetes services to provide leadership and guidance for local diabetes communities
Representing diabetes specialists who also practice endocrinology, general medicine and acute medicine and understanding the resulting multiple pressures particularly in the current financial climate
Meetings designed for busy clinicians: Thursday evening lecture, networking and conference dinner; Friday clinical educational meeting covering Diabetes and Endocrinology
Complimentary hard copy subscription (UK members only) to ABCD's Journal - The British Journal of Diabetes delivered directly to you
Quarterly Chairman’s e-bulletin/newsletter providing current updates
Free online access to Practical Diabetes – the peer-reviewed journal most dedicated to providing practical support to those involved in diabetescare on the front line
Discounted delegate rates for members which offset the annual subscription
Provision of high-quality training for Specialist Registrars in diabetes and endocrinology
Opportunites to contribute to and learn from national audits of new therapies eg exenatide and liraglutide
Opportunities to set up and run your own nationwide audits or surveys through our Sharepoint website
RSS feeds from our major speciality journals through the ABCD website
Networking with fellow diabetologists who face the same pressures throughout the UK at the 3 meetings each year
Supporting the development of newly appointed consultants through a national mentoring programme
Speciality support for revalidation
Support for members’ applications under the Department of Health’s Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA)
Access to contact details of other ABCD members via the online directory
Access to the members area of our website
Providing specific SpR benefits
Meetings and travel grants of up to £1000 for attendance at international meetings
Free attendance at the ABCD-YDF Kings Fund SpR Leadership Course for SpRs in their final year of training - an opportunity only available to ABCD members
Discounted rates for diabetes trainees to attend ABCD meetings
Annual SpR meetings
