ABCD Announcements
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Updated ABCD Position StatementUmesh Dashora (ABCD Committee Member, News editor, BJD)Friday, 24th May 2019 The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) has updated our position statement on the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in type 1 diabetes. Umesh Dashora, Dipesh C Patel, Robert Gregory, Peter Winocour, Ketan... Read More |
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Download the winning submissions from the 2019 Rowan Hillson Insulin Safety awardDr Umesh DashoraThursday, 9th May 2019 I am pleased to share the entries which won Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award this year. You might find some of the ideas in these entries quite easy and useful to replicate in your institution. Please e mail me at u.dashora@nhs.... Read More |
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2018 Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award WinnersUmesh Dashora (ABCD Committee Member, News editor, BJD), Erwin Castro and Debbie StanisstreetMonday, 29th April 2019 Announcing the results of this national competition for ‘the best inpatient educational programme for Health Care Professionals’. One winner and two runners up were identified. There were 7 entries, and we are very grateful to Dr Rowan Hillson... Read More |
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ABCD Nationwide FreeStyle Libre Audit – New Data Deadline - 21st May 2019Professor Thozhukat Sathyabalan, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide FSL AuditTuesday, 23rd April 2019 This next deadline of 21st May for data submission to the ABCD nationwide FreeStyle Libre audit has been set for two reasons. An updated analysis will be undertaken to form the data that will be presented at the American... Read More |
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CREDENCE - Primary renal outcome benefit demonstrated with Canagliflozin 100mg . Published in NEJM April 14th 2019Peter Winocour (Chairman ABCD, 2008-2011)Tuesday, 23rd April 2019 Abstract of published paper: In this double-blind, randomized trial, we assigned patients with type 2 diabetes and albuminuric chronic kidney disease to receive canagliflozin, an oral SGLT2 inhibitor, at a dose of 100 mg... Read More |
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ABCD nationwide FreeStyle Libre audit shows improved diabetes control in people with Type 1 diabetes during the first 6 months of usageEmma Wilmot, Chair, Diabetes Technology NetworkThursday, 7th March 2019 Press release: Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) nationwide audit of the FreeStyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System (Abbott Laboratories) shows improved diabetes control in people with Type 1 diabetes during... Read More |
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Launch of the ABCD nationwide semaglutide audit at Diabetes UKDr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits)Thursday, 7th March 2019 Today at Diabetes UK, ABCD is pleased to announce the full launch of the nationwide semaglutide audit. As you will know, the clinical trials with semaglutide suggest that it is more effective than the other GLP-1 receptor agonists that we have to... Read More |
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Release of “Consensus position statement for Remission of Type 2 diabetes", prepared jointly with Primary Care Diabetes SocietyDr Dinesh Nagi, Chair ABCD CommitteeMonday, 4th March 2019 ABCD is delighted to announce the release of “Consensus position statement for Remission of Type 2 diabetes, prepared jointly with Primary Care Diabetes Society” We understand the importance of this consensus definition and have... Read More |
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Diabetes patient groups call on Government to reassure patients on post-Brexit insulin supplyDr Chris Walton (ex Officio Chairman)Thursday, 21st February 2019 Two patient groups representing people with diabetes, Diabetes UK and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) have issued a joint statement calling on the Government to present ‘concrete detail’ on its plans to guarantee supply of... Read More |
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The ASK StudyDr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits)Tuesday, 5th February 2019 We would kindly ask you to participate in The ASK Study, a collaborative study of King's College London (UK) and Leeds Beckett University (UK). The ASK Study is an online questionnaire which explores beliefs about obesity,... Read More |
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Help us plan future JBDS documentsDr. Umesh Dashora, ABCD Co-opted - News editor, BJDTuesday, 5th February 2019 We are inviting colleagues to help us plan future JBDS documents by completing a short questionnaire. Many thanks to everyone who has fed back already. |
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Best Inpatient Diabetes Educational Programme for Health Care ProfessionalsProfessor Mike Sampson (Chair JBDS-IP)Thursday, 31st January 2019 We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this year’s competition which will be for the: ‘Best Inpatient Educational Diabetes Programme for Health Care Professionals’ This JBDS – IP project is being led by Umesh Dashora, Debbie... Read More |
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Increasing the uptake of new technologies in diabetes: Recommended ActionsDinesh Nagi, Chair ABCDWednesday, 16th January 2019 An ABCD workshop looked at what are the barriers to wider adoption of technology in diabetes and how these could be overcome, with a focus on actions that could be taken forward by stakeholders. Read the report now... |
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ABCD nationwide FreeStyle Libre audit first data deadline passes successfully – now the audit continuesDr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits)Thursday, 20th December 2018 We wish to thank all those who worked so hard to submit data in time for our first deadline, and we are pleased to inform you that we had 216 users from 127 sites in 100 centres contributing data on 2869 patients. Analyses are now being... Read More |
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Diabetes UK warns of increasing number of children and young adults with Type 2 DiabetesDr Ansu Basu ABCD Elected Committee MemberWednesday, 5th December 2018 Diabetes UK has published a new analysis highlighting that 6,836 children and young adults are reported to have Type 2 diabetes in England and Wales. This figure is far higher than the 715 children and young people under the age of 25 receiving... Read More |
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RCP council representationDinesh Nagi, Chair ABCDFriday, 30th November 2018 I am delighted to announce that Dr Robert Gregory, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leicester Royal Infirmary, has been unanimously chosen to represent the three societies on the RCP council. Dr Gregory takes over from... Read More |
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NHS England announces action to reduce variation in access to flash glucose monitoringEmma Wilmot, Chair, Diabetes Technology NetworkThursday, 29th November 2018 Simon Stevens, the Chief Executive of NHS England has announced that from April 2019, all patients who qualify for access to the flash glucose monitoring device, FreeStyle Libre, will be able to receive it on prescription from their local GP or... Read More |
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Drugs used in diabetes now make up 11.4% of total primary care net ingredient costsAna Pokrajac (ABCD Committee Member and Diabetes UK National Clinical Champion)Wednesday, 14th November 2018 NHS England have published their latest data on the prescriptions issued in primary care and dispensed in the community in the treatment of diabetes. The report finds that drugs used in diabetes now make up 11.4% of total primary care net... Read More |
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Understanding Diabetes Campaign LaunchesDinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCDWednesday, 14th November 2018 We recently worked with Mediaplanet UK on the 2018 Understanding Diabetes Campaign. A printed publication was enclosed within every copy of The Guardian newspaper and the content available online also at http://www.diabetesadvice.co.uk/... Read More |
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Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2018Professor Mike Sampson (Chair JBDS-IP)Thursday, 1st November 2018 We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this years competition which will be for the ‘Best Inpatient Educational Diabetes Programme for Health Care Professionals. This JBDS – IP project is being led by Umesh Dashora, Debbie... Read More |
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