ABCD Announcements

	ABCD nationwide audit at the EASD Dr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits) Monday, 15th October 2018 Poster 1, poster 2 and interview. Two posters from the ABCD nationwide audit programme were presented at the EASD in Berlin between 2nd and 5th October 2018. Dr Amar Puttanna presented data from the canagliflozin audit looking at the impact of... Read More
	Latest data on EndoBarrier treatment from the EASD Dr Chris Walton (ex Officio Chairman) Monday, 15th October 2018 ePoster and interview. In the wake of the two studies with EndoBarrier sponsored by ABCD (click here) Dr Bob Ryder established an NHS service to give EndoBarrier treatment in 2014 and 62 EndoBarriers were implanted as part of this. At the... Read More
	NICE impact report on diabetes Dinesh Nagi, Chair ABCD Friday, 28th September 2018 NICE has published a new impact report on diabetes. This explores how NICE guidence has been implemented by the healthcare system and what progress has been made to improve outcomes for those with diabetes or at risk of developing... Read More
	NICE medical technology guidance publication: Neuropad for detecting preclinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Wednesday, 12th September 2018 The final NICE medical technologies guidance on Neuropad for detecting preclinical diabetic peripheral neuropathy has been published. You can find the guidance on the NICE website here: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/mtg38
	Feedback from Type 1 services Dinesh Nagi, Chair, ABCD Thursday, 30th August 2018 Feedback from the most successful Type 1 specialist services is now available from the National Diabetes Audit
	The Type 1 diabetes resource platform Dr Dinesh Nagi, Chair ABCD Wednesday, 29th August 2018 The Type 1 diabetes resource platform has been launched by NHS England - a piece of work mostly done by those living with Type 1 diabetes - and aimed at being a platform of self management, links to peer support, etc.
	Launch Of The ABCD Nationwide FreeStyle Libre Audit Online Tool Professor Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide FSL Audit Friday, 24th August 2018 We are delighted to announce that after a considerable amount of work over several months, the audit tool for the FreeStyle Libre is now live and can be accessed by people who have registered for the audit at the following link: http://... Read More
	JBDS VRIII audit- deadline extended ot 30th September Stella George Co-opted Workforce Co-ordinator Tuesday, 21st August 2018 You will be aware that JBDS have launched an audit of the medical VRIII guideline to look into its safety and inform any possible changes for the second version. We have received 50 replies so far ( 5 audit forms from 10 trusts) and we would be... Read More
	3rd ABCD Clinical and Commissioning News Live event available to view on-line Rob Gregory - Ex-officio Chair, ABCD Committee Tuesday, 31st July 2018 Don’t miss out! The morning sessions of the third ABCD Clinical and Commissioning News-Live event ‘Innovation into ICS/STP Implementation’ held on 12th July are now available on line as a webcast, but only until 11th August. Those who were... Read More
	26% of people with coronary heart disease have diabetes according to British Heart Foundation Alison Gallagher - Elected Committee member Tuesday, 31st July 2018 In its latest research, the British Heart Foundation has highlighted that 90% of people living with coronary heart disease have at least one other long-term condition, while 60% have at least three. The analysis revealed that the most common... Read More
	Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation approved by NHS England Rob Gregory - Ex-officio Chair, ABCD Committee Tuesday, 10th July 2018 Thanks to support from ABCD and others Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation (TPIAT) has been approved by NHS England for funding from April 2019 under ‘Highly Specialised Commissioning’. A provider selection process will be... Read More
	ABCD research and audit at the ADA Dr Bob Ryder (Website Co-ordinator, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide Audits) Wednesday, 27th June 2018 ABCD has three posters at the current American Diabetes Association meeting in Orlando, Florida. The latest data from the ABCD study of Endobarrier in diabetes or pre-diabetes with obstructive sleep apnoea (End-OSA study) shows that 11/12... Read More
	Diabetic medicine to publish JBDS guidelines on In-patient diabetes in the Aug 2018 Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Thursday, 21st June 2018 The Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) of which ABCD is an integral member, has informed us of the plans for Diabetic Medicine to devote the August issue to publish the in-patient guidelines and other important papers. This... Read More
	Yes: Language does matter Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Thursday, 21st June 2018 NHS England has recently published the document “Language Matters – diabetes Language”. I first became aware of this simple but fascinating area pioneered in the USA and Australia with their inspirational work, when I attended... Read More
	JBDS VRIII audit Stella George Co-opted Workforce Co-ordinator Monday, 18th June 2018 As you will be aware the Joint British Diabetes Society (JBDS) guideline for the use of Variable Rate Intravenous Insulin Infusion (VRIII) was published in late 2014 and we hope it has become firmly embedded in practice in acute trusts throughout... Read More
	Making Type 2 diabetes trials more effective – have your say on the most important results of treatment Professor John Wilding (ABCD Member) Friday, 18th May 2018 • A recent systematic review of clinical trials for type 2 diabetes found that no single outcome was measured in all trials. HERE • A new EU HORIZON 2020 funded study wants to find out what the most important results of treatment for Type 2... Read More
	First National Survey of the diabetes education and training needs of midwives in the UK Umesh Dashora (ABCD Committee Member, News editor, BJD) Tuesday, 15th May 2018 The findings of a nationwide survey of the diabetes education and training needs of midwives in the UK is now available in full on the ABCD website. HERE The survey was commissioned by Diabetes Care Trust and is the result of work pioneered... Read More
	Questionnaire to assess the care of 16-18 year olds presenting with DKA Ketan Dhatariya (ABCD Member) Thursday, 3rd May 2018 The care of 16-18 year olds presenting with DKA is fraught with difficulty. Whilst they may have their outpatient care in the children and young persons department, if they are admitted to hospital, their care maybe delivered by a number of... Read More
	Winners of the Rowan Hillson safety award (2017): Best Digital Initiative (Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care) Professor Mike Sampson (Chair JBDS-IP) Monday, 16th April 2018 This is to announce the results of this national competition for ‘the best digital initiative’. We are very grateful to Dr Rowan Hillson and her fellow judges, Dr Ketan Dhatariya, Dr Clare Crowley,Erwin Castro and Oliver Jelley for their time in... Read More
	Top 10 tips for coding in diabetes... Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Wednesday, 21st March 2018 1. Always include “diabetes” as a diagnosis in inpatients Even if not the primary reason for admission, specify that the patient has diabetes and the specific type. This affects the complication score (the “cc score”) affecting... Read More