ABCD Announcements

	RCP council representation Dinesh Nagi, Chair ABCD Friday, 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
	NHS England announces action to reduce variation in access to flash glucose monitoring Emma Wilmot, Chair, Diabetes Technology Network Thursday, 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
	Drugs used in diabetes now make up 11.4% of total primary care net ingredient costs Ana 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
	Understanding Diabetes Campaign Launches Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Wednesday, 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
	Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2018 Professor 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
	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