Announcements
The Rowan Hillson Inpatient Diabetes Award 2024
Dr. Omar Mustafa
JBDS - IP Joint British Diabetes Societies for inpatient care Are you at the forefront of inpatient diabetes care and demonstrating innovation? Shine a light on your team's achievements with the…
Meet a Diabetes Dragons' Den awardee: Oluwaseun
Ahead of the launch of our Diabetes Dragons' Den for 2024, we're speaking to those who successfully pitched to our 'dragons' for funding last year. In our first interview we hear from Oluwaseun…
Research Grant applications invited
Professor Iskandar Idris
Now in its fourth year, we are delighted to re-advertise the clinical grant funding scheme from The Diabetes Care Trust and The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists for 2024.…
Oral semaglutide now available again – please contribute to the ABCD oral semaglutide audit
Dr. Bob Ryder
Oral semaglutide is available to prescribe again and is now effectively the only GLP-1 receptor agonist available. So, this is an opportune time for ABCD members to contribute to the ABCD oral…
Appointment of Dr Clare Hambling as the new National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity
Professor Ketan Dhatariya
ABCD welcomes the appointment of Dr Clare Hambling as the new National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity. Professor Ketan Dhatariya (who is a fellow Norfolk resident) said: “We are delighted…
The Niru Goenka Memorial Lecture 2024
Professor Iskandar Idris
Submissions are invited from ABCD members for this named lecture at the forthcoming ABCD Conference in September 2024 which I hope you will attend. Candidates appointed to their first consultant post…
ABCD and PCDS to collaborate in the nationwide audit programme
Professor Ketan Dhatariya
I am delighted to announce that ABCD and the Primary Care Diabetes Society (PCDS) have formally agreed to collaborate in certain aspects of the nationwide audits of new diabetes therapies and devices…
New and active ABCD audits
Dr. Bob Ryder
Members are very much encouraged to take part in our ongoing real world data collection from which we have learned so much (https://abcd.care/all-abcd-audit-publications).In the wake of the…
ABCD audits prominent at recent EASD
Dr. Bob Ryder
The ABCD audit programme was prominent at the recent EASD in Hamburg with four presentations. In particular, the presentation by Prof Hugh Jones of the ABCD testosterone in men with type 2…
RCP seeks new deputy registrar
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) invites its subscribing members and fellows to apply for the role of deputy registrar. RCP subscribing members and fellows are invited to apply to be its…
DHSC issue National Patient Safety Alert regarding shortage of GLP-1 RAs
Professor Ketan Dhatariya
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) have issued a National Patient Safety Alert regarding the shortage of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs). A summary of the…
MSN - GLP-1 receptor agonists used in the management of type 2 diabetes
Professor Ketan Dhatariya
Medicine Supply Notification GLP-1 receptor agonists* used in the management of type 2 diabetes MSN/2023/061 Tier 3 – high impact** Date of issue: 27/06/2023 Link: Medicines Supply Tool Summary There…
It is with profound sadness that many will have heard, the National Diabetes Audit lead, Dr Bob Young, died on 23rd July 2024. Bob was a consultant in diabetes at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.…
