ABCD Announcements

	JBDS guideline review Professor Ketan Dhatariya (Chair JBDS-IP) Thursday, 16th January 2020 JBDS would like to use a broader approach to updating existing guidelines and would welcome ABCD participation. Any comment on the use of the guideline or any audit data would be particularly helpful. Comments would be collated and... Read More
	JBDS Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2019 - Best Perioperative Pathway for People with Diabetes’ Professor Ketan Dhatariya (Chair JBDS-IP) Monday, 13th January 2020 This JBDS – IP project is being led by Umesh Dashora, Debbie Stanisstreet, and Erwin Castro. The submissions will be judged against predetermined criteria, by an independent panel chaired by Rowan Hillson, and the winner will be presented with... Read More
	Applications for ABCD Officer/ Committee positions Dinesh Nagi, Chair ABCD Thursday, 5th December 2019 Following the completion of the terms of office of a number of ABCD committee members and officers, we are now seeking nominations and inviting applications from members to stand for election for the following positions... Read More
	DTN-UK Win QiC Special Judges Award Dr Emma Wilmot Friday, 22nd November 2019 The Diabetes Technology Network UK (DTN-UK) has won the Judges' Special Award at the 2019 Quality in Care Diabetes Awards. The judges commented "DTN UK have achieved a great deal in a short time in an area that has great need around evolving... Read More
	Time To Join The ABCD Nationwide Semaglutide Audit Dr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits) Thursday, 14th November 2019 As Semaglutide is now on most formularies, ABCD would like to encourage you to join in the nationwide audit. Semaglutide has been shown to be more effective than other GLP-1 receptor agonists, both at improving HbA1c and reducing weight. ... Read More
	Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2019 Dr Ketan Dhatariya (Chair JBDS-IP) Friday, 13th September 2019 We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this year’s competition which will be for the: ‘Best Perioperative Pathway for People with Diabetes’ This JBDS – IP project is being led by Umesh Dashora, Debbie Stanisstreet, and Erwin... Read More
	Analyse your own - ABCD nationwide semaglutide audit Dr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits) Monday, 9th September 2019 Semaglutide is now on most formularies. It is easy to analyse your own results in the on-line ABCD semaglutide audit tool as shown in the how to do it video tutorial. Some CCGs are requesting local audit and the tool facilitates this... Read More
	Videos -how to analyse your data in the Freestyle Libre audit Emma Wilmot, Elected committee member Thursday, 5th September 2019 ABCD is pleased to announce the creation of a series of “how to do it” videos demonstrating how centres can analyse their own data in the Freestyle Libre audit and indeed in all the ABCD nationwide audits. You can see these videos through... Read More
	ABCD Nationwide FreeStyle Libre Audit – New Data Deadline - 2nd October 2019 Professor Thozhukat Sathyabalan, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide FSL Audit Wednesday, 4th September 2019 This next deadline of October 2 for data submission to the ABCD nationwide FreeStyle Libre audit has been set with the aim of achieving a data analysis with a view to submitting an abstract from the audit for submission to Diabetes UK... Read More
	1 week to go - nominate your colleagues for a QiC Diabetes 2019 award - closing date 31 July Dinesh Nagi, Chair Wednesday, 24th July 2019 Quality in Care Diabetes 2019 Award nominations open, recognise your colleagues today Open for nomination until 31 July Do you have a local diabetes healthcare professional who has succeeded in raising standards of care over and... Read More
	JBDS New document : A good Inpatient Diabetes Service Professor Mike Sampson (Chair JBDS-IP) Tuesday, 23rd July 2019 A good inpatient diabetes service is a summary of best practice in adult inpatient diabetes care, based on the suite of Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for Inpatient Care guidelines which have been published since 2011. As well... Read More
	Diabetes Technology Network Update and East of England Workshop Emma Wilmot Thursday, 11th July 2019 At the national DTN day, Dr Pratik Choudhary from King’s college London took over as the chair of DTN from Dr Emma Wilmott. , with Dr Alistair Lumb from Oxford taking over as Vice chair. DTN is very happy with the uptake and... Read More
	ABCD at 10 Downing Street Dr Emma Wilmot Tuesday, 2nd July 2019 Dr Dinesh Nagi, ABCD chair, Dr Pratik Choudhary and Dr Emma Wilmot, ABCD DTN-UK chair and ex-chair and ABCD trustee Ketan Dhataryia were invited to Downing Street by Prime Minister, Theresa May. They attended a Reception at Number 10 which... Read More
	CGM pregnancy guidance offered as specialists share knowledge in new partnership Dinesh Nagi, Chair ABCD Friday, 21st June 2019 Expert advice on continuous glucose monitoring in women with type 1 diabetes during pregnancy will be offered at a leading conference ahead of a national rollout. Access to specialist diabetes knowledge at Diabetes Professional Care 2019 (... Read More
	ABCD audit of FreeStyle Libre device for flash glucose monitoring shows improved diabetes control in Type 1 diabetes and fewer hospital admissions Dr Chris Walton (ex Officio Chairman) Tuesday, 11th June 2019 A national UK audit of the first technology device allowed to be prescribed for people with Type 1 Diabetes, presented at the American Diabetes Association in San Francisco, shows important benefits both in lowering glucose levels in those with... Read More
	DUK call on NHS to do more for the mental health of people with diabetes Dr Ansu Basu Elected Committee Member Monday, 10th June 2019 On 14 May, Diabetes UK launched a report on mental health and diabetes which shows that 7 out of 10 people have felt overwhelmed by the demands of living with diabetes and three quarters of people with diabetes can't get the emotional and mental... Read More
	National Diabetes Inpatient Audit reveals slow increases in specialist staff numbers and use of electronic prescribing in 2018 Dr Dipesh Patel, Elected Honorary Meetings Secretary Monday, 10th June 2019 NHS Digital have released the latest figures from the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NaDIA). The NaDIA measures the quality of diabetes care provided to people with diabetes while they are admitted to hospital whatever the cause, and aims to... Read More
	Simon Stevens: Obesity has become the “new smoking” Dr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits) Tuesday, 4th June 2019 Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England, has warned, that “obesity is the new smoking”, after calculations showed that cancers caused by obesity will increase by 62 per cent by the end of the next decade. Some 360,000 people in Britain will... Read More
	NHS England announces new online support for people living with type 2 diabetes Dr Susannah Rowles, Honorary General Secretary Tuesday, 4th June 2019 NHS advice will be offered online to people with type 2 diabetes to help them manage their condition via a first of its kind service. The new offer, will mean people with type 2 diabetes have evidence-based information and support available at... Read More
	FSL audit 2nd data deadline passes successfully – now the audit continues Emma Wilmot, Chair, Diabetes Technology Network Wednesday, 29th May 2019 We wish to thank all those who worked so hard to submit data in time for our second deadline, and we are pleased to inform you that we had 296 users from 156 sites in 114 centres contributing data on 6644 patients. 5589 patients had a least... Read More