As you will be aware the Joint British Diabetes Society (JBDS) guideline for the use of Variable Rate Intravenous Insulin Infusion (VRIII) was published in late 2014 and we hope it has become firmly embedded in practice in acute trusts throughout...
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Date of the announcement: 11 June, 2018
As part of the ABCD Renal Association clinical specialty work programme we have now finalised our guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in kidney disease . A summary of the full guidelines with audit standards and issues for future research will be...
Date of the announcement: 18 May, 2018
• A recent systematic review of clinical trials for type 2 diabetes found that no single outcome was measured in all trials. HERE
• A new EU HORIZON 2020 funded study wants to find out what the most important results of treatment for Type 2...
Date of the announcement: 15 May, 2018
The findings of a nationwide survey of the diabetes education and training needs of midwives in the UK is now available in full on the ABCD website. HERE
The survey was commissioned by Diabetes Care Trust and is the result of work pioneered...
Date of the announcement: 3 May, 2018
The care of 16-18 year olds presenting with DKA is fraught with difficulty. Whilst they may have their outpatient care in the children and young persons department, if they are admitted to hospital, their care maybe delivered by a number of...
Date of the announcement: 16 April, 2018
This is to announce the results of this national competition for ‘the best digital initiative’. We are very grateful to Dr Rowan Hillson and her fellow judges, Dr Ketan Dhatariya, Dr Clare Crowley,Erwin Castro and Oliver Jelley for their time in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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