We are delighted to announce that Dr Omar Mustafa has been appointed as co-Chair of the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care.
Dr Mustafa is a consultant diabetologist at King's College Hospital. He is the inpatient diabetes lead and chair of the King’s Insulin Safety Group. He is interested in medical education, human factors, integration of technology in diabetes care and #DigitalHealth.
On his appointment, Omar said:
I am honoured to be appointed as the co-chair of the Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for Inpatient Care Group. I look forward to more collaborations with colleagues and partners to improve the quality of care and encourage innovations in inpatient diabetes care.
The Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS-IP) was created in 2008 to ‘deliver a set of diabetes inpatient guidelines and propose standards of care within secondary care organisations’. JBDS-IP is supported by Diabetes UK, the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and the Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (DISN) UK Group. JDBS-IP also work with NHS England, TREND-UK and other professional organisations.