Media Release from Diabetes UK
£100,000 grant could help answer vital questions about COVID-19 and diabetes
In light of the urgency around COVID-19, applications will...
Announcement date: 3 April, 2020
Current News
Announcement date: 2 April, 2020
We at DTN-UK hope that you are managing in the current challenging environment. We have been continuing to work hard this week to ensure ongoing support for clinical teams at this busy time. Many...
Announcement date: 30 March, 2020
The new edition of ABCD ‘Standards of care for the management of adults with type 1 diabetes’ is now available on the website, along with a short summary of the recommendations from each section...
Announcement date: 25 March, 2020
DTN-UK have been in contact with all companies supplying insulin pump, continuous glucose monitoring and flash glucose monitoring in the UK at this time. We can reassure all users of diabetes...
Announcement date: 24 March, 2020
The Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) has suspended applications for the 2020 competition.
Announcement date: 23 March, 2020
Announcement by the Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians, 19 March 2020
We are writing to you to provide clarification and reassurance regarding the CPD credit requirements in the...
Announcement date: 17 March, 2020
Please see the specialty guides for patient management during the coronavirus pandemic, issued by the NHS on 16/3/2020.
General and internal medicine and coronavirus
Diabetes and...
Announcement date: 17 March, 2020
ABCD has made the decision to postpone annual DTN/ABCD and regional meetings for 2020 in the wake of Covid-19 virus.
Last updated: 17 March 2020
The country remains in the grip of...
Announcement date: 17 March, 2020
ABCD are formally collaborating with UK cardio-renal groups to improve understanding of the disease area, to help produce recommendations to improve patient care and joint education at the...
Announcement date: 12 March, 2020
The diabetes-in-pregnancy work is Diabetes Care Trust's first sponsored project which was conceived by Huw Alban Davies, chair of the DCT and developed and completed with a positive result....
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
Thursday, 23 April, 2020 to Friday, 24 April, 2020
Thursday, 23 April, 2020
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
