ABCD Announcements
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ABCD Welcomes the Publication of GIRFT report in Diabetes sub specialityDinesh Nagi, ABCD Ex-Officio ChairTuesday, 17th November 2020 ABCD welcomes the publication of the final GIRFT report for Diabetes, which was released on world Diabetes Day. ABCD has been fully supportive of the primary aims of the GIRFT workstream, namely to improve quality of diabetes care in hospitals, and... Read More |
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ABCD DTN-UK endorses the International Consensus on Time in RangeEmma Wilmot, ABCD CommitteeTuesday, 17th November 2020 Last year Tadej Battelino and colleagues published the International Consensus on time in range which can be found here: https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2019/06/07/dci19-0028 These international guidelines, combined with... Read More |
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The British Journal of Diabetes Quality Improvement in Diabetes Award 2021 - deadline extended until 17th May 2021Dr Marie-France Kong, Editor BJDThursday, 12th November 2020 The British Journal of Diabetes, in conjunction with the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and the Young Diabetologist and Endocrinologist Forum (YDEF) are pleased to announce the launch of our inaugural quality improvement in... Read More |
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Society for Endocrinology Offers advice for Clinical services during 2nd Wave of COVID-19Dinesh Nagi, ABCD Ex-Officio ChairFriday, 6th November 2020 We are well into the undesirable 2nd wave of COVID-19 and hospitals are filling up with increasing numbers of patients require hospital services. Clearly, at times like this it is important that Diabetes and Endocrine teams maintain essential... Read More |
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Glooko Announces New Medical Education Programme In Collaboration with the Diabetes Technology Network (DTN)GlookoTuesday, 3rd November 2020 New education platform focuses on diabetes technology training, data management and remote patient monitoring (RPM) Glooko AB ("Glooko" or "The Company") today announced, in partnership with the Diabetes Technology... Read More |
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NICE recommends new treatment option for adults with obesity and non-diabetic hyperglycaemia who have a high risk of cardiovascular diseaseDr Dipesh PatelMonday, 2nd November 2020 NICE approve Saxenda injections (GLP-1 therapy) for people with pre-diabetes who have BMI of at least 35 kg/m2 and high cardiovascular risk. Further details outlined on NICE website: https://www.nice.org.uk/news/article/nice-recommends-new-... Read More |
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Illuminating Recent Treatment Aspects in Diabetes - The Fifth London SymposiumProfessor Michael D FeherFriday, 16th October 2020 The London Symposium has been a successful whole-day Symposium on the latest aspects of diagnosis and treatments specific to Diabetes. Due to the pandemic, the Symposium has been converted into three separate webinars covering several... Read More |
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CaReMe group leaflet for people with diabetesDr Umesh Dashora, ABCD Meeting SecretaryTuesday, 13th October 2020 Cardiology, Renal and Metabolic (CaReMe) group have produced a very helpful leaflet for people with diabetes on SGLT-2 inhibitors. SGLT-2 inhibitors are being increasingly used in people with type 2 diabetes to improve diabetes control with... Read More |
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ABCD and the Renal Association consensus document on screening for kidney diseaseDr Peter WinocourTuesday, 13th October 2020 It is vital that all health care professionals understand why cardiac and renal risk require BOTH measurement of urine albumin creatinine ratios AS WELL as eGFR. ABCD and the Renal Association, along with ... Read More |
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The ABCD Diabetes and COVID National Diabetes Audit is still liveDr Rustam ReaThursday, 8th October 2020 The ABCD Diabetes and COVID National Diabetes Audit is still live. We have collected data from over 30 hospitals and over 1600 people admitted to hospital with diabetes who have had COVID in the last 9 months. The first analysis... Read More |
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Free insulin safety training e-leaning module launchedDr Susannah Rowles, Secretary ABCDTuesday, 6th October 2020 Free insulin safety training e-leaning module launched NHS trusts and Primary Care Networks are being urged to roll out a new online insulin safety course which has been launched with the aim of reducing insulin error by providing free... Read More |
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Language MattersDr Dipesh PatelFriday, 25th September 2020 Prof Partha Kar has recently launched this web based resource, which represents an aide, highlighting the challenges in achieving optimal dialogue during consultations and provides tips on how to improve on this which can lead to more... Read More |
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More information re the winners of the Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2019Professor Ketan Dhatariya – JBDS ChairThursday, 17th September 2020 This is to announce the results of this national competition for the ‘Best Perioperative Pathway for People with Diabetes’. One winner and one runner up were identified. There were 12 entries, and we are very grateful to Dr Rowan Hillson and her... Read More |
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Winners of the Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2019Dr Umesh Dashora, ABCD Meeting SecretaryFriday, 11th September 2020 Winners of the Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2019: Best Perioperative Pathway for People with Diabetes (Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care) This is to announce the results of this national competition... Read More |
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EXTOD 2020 registration now openAssociate Professor Rob Andrews, ABCD CommitteeWednesday, 2nd September 2020 Exercising for Type 1 Diabetes (EXTOD) have once again joined with the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) to offer education focusing on type 1 diabetes and exercise. This year to take into account the need... Read More |
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Diabetes UK Position Statement: Availability of Specialist Support and Equal Access to Surgery for People with DiabetesDr Dipesh Patel, ABCD ChairFriday, 14th August 2020 Diabetes UK have released a new position statement titled "Availability of Specialist Support and Equal Access to Surgery for People with Diabetes". ABCD is full supportive of this position statement. Patients with diabetes need to have... Read More |
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Post transplant related diabetes - new guideline launchProfessor Tahseen Chowdhury & Dr Adnan SharifTuesday, 11th August 2020 Solid organ transplantation for patients with end organ failure is a well-established, life-saving and life-changing treatment. People with diabetes are particularly prone to developing end stage renal disease, and transplantation is shown to... Read More |
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Quality in Care Diabetes Programme 2020 - Nomination categoriesDinesh Nagi, ABCD Ex-Officio ChairFriday, 7th August 2020 Quality in Care Diabates Programme 2020 Nomination categories; Oustanding educator in Diabetes Diabetes professional of the Year The People's Award Deadline for nominations 21 August 2020 Visit ... Read More |
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Delivering Diabetes and Endocrine Services in Acute NHS Trusts during Covid 19 Pandemic resetDinesh Nagi, ABCD Ex-Officio ChairThursday, 23rd July 2020 This guidance has been formulated by ABCD working closely with the Society for Endocrinology (SfE) and RCP London and produced in response to NHSE seeking information from the Diabetes and Endocrine societies through RCP... Read More |
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Launch of ABCD International Do-It-Yourself Artificial Pancreas System (DIY APS) auditEmma Wilmot, Clinical Lead, ABCD DIY APS AuditThursday, 23rd July 2020 ABCD is pleased to announce the launch of the ABCD International Do-It-Yourself Artificial Pancreas System (DIY APS) audit and would like to invite you to take part. Over recent years there has been an exponential increase in the number of... Read More |
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