ABCD Announcements

	John Wales Memorial Lecture Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Monday, 19th March 2018 It is my pleasure to announce that the first “John Wales Memorial Lecture” will be delivered by Dr Peter Winocour at the spring meeting of ABCD in Glasgow. 'Delivering better diabetes care - it's about time!’ I hope you will be able to join us... Read More
	Diabetes UK 2018 - snippets Caroline Day (Consultant Editor, BJD) Friday, 16th March 2018 If you didn’t manage to attend the 2018 Diabetes UK APC go to the App store and download the meeting App (DUKPC). It will give you a flavour of the meeting and access to the Abstracts. Below are summaries of... Read More
	New BJD Editor-in-Chief Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Tuesday, 13th March 2018 ABCD is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Marie-France Kong to the post of Editor-in-Chief of British Journal of Diabetes (BJD). Dr Kong works as a Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Leicester Royal Infirmary and... Read More
	New ABCD honorary treasurer Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Monday, 26th February 2018 After canvassing the membership interest from four excellent candidates was expressed and an election was held. I am delighted to announce that Dr Andy Macklin was successfully elected and will be shadowing Tony Robinson, our current treasurer... Read More
	Final reminder and joining instructions for the Type 1 Collaborative Webinar Rob Gregory - Ex-officio Chair, ABCD Committee Friday, 23rd February 2018 Joining Instructions to see this important webinar on “FLASH GLUCOSE MONITORING & CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING” Tuesday 27th February 2018 5.00 – 6.00pm Agenda & speakers; • Introducing the TI Clinical Collaborative... Read More
	Type 1 Collaborative Webinar Rob Gregory - Ex-officio Chair, ABCD Committee Thursday, 15th February 2018 A must see webinar on: "Flash Glucose Monitoring & Continuous Glucose Monitoring" Tuesday 27th February 5.00 – 6.00pm Agenda & Speakers: • Introducing the TI Clinical Collaborative Dr Rob... Read More
	NHS England highlights progress in commissioning local diabetes services Susannah Rowles (ABCD Committee Member) Tuesday, 6th February 2018 NHS England has published the Clinical Commissioning Group Improvement and Assessment Framework (CCGIAF) results for local diabetes services in 2016/17. The Framework shows how local CCGs are performing against criteria across a number of... Read More
	News from the APPG for Diabetes Ana Pokrajac (ABCD Committee Member and Diabetes UK National Clinical Champion) Tuesday, 6th February 2018 APPG for Diabetes Meeting on the Childhood Obesity Plan A meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes took place to discuss where the current Childhood Obesity Strategy has been effective and... Read More
	ACCEA announcement Professor Alan Sinclair, ABCD Committee member - Lead for ACCEA Wednesday, 31st January 2018 Please be aware that the 2018 Clinical Excellence Awards round will open on 13th February and close on the 12th April 2018. As before I will be happy to receive copies of your applications for national awards in order to... Read More
	Letter from NHS England - access to technology in Type 1 diabetes Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Wednesday, 31st January 2018 Please see the communication received from NHS England in relation to their position and guidance for many topics regarding access to technology in Type 1 diabetes. This is a very topical issues and I believe will be an important document to ... Read More
	Important information regarding the reformulation of Ribena Blackcurrant Dinesh Nagi, Chairman ABCD Friday, 26th January 2018 Lucozade Ribena Suntory (LRS) have announced the important changes that will happen to Ribena blackcurrant in February 2018. This follows the changes made to Lucozade Energy in 2017. LRS are reducing the sugar content of Ribena blackcurrant by... Read More
	RCP QI Hub/Diabetes UK - Improving care in inpatient diabetes Peter Winocour (Chairman ABCD, 2008-2011) Friday, 19th January 2018 The Royal College of Physicians’ QI Hub, in conjunction with Diabetes UK, will be running a rescheduled quality improvement collaborative for clinicians and their teams working in inpatient diabetes from March—October 2018. For further information... Read More
	ACCEA announcement Professor Alan Sinclair, ABCD Committee member - Lead for ACCEA Tuesday, 16th January 2018 Please be aware that the 2018 Clinical Excellence Awards round will open on Tuesday 13 February and will close at 5:00pm on Thursday 12 April. ACCEA will accept applications for new national awards and from those due to renew their award in 2018... Read More
	Time To Join ABCD Nationwide FreeStyle Libre Audit Professor Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Clinical Lead, ABCD Nationwide FSL Audit Tuesday, 16th January 2018 Clinical staff using FreeStyle Libre should now start collecting data for the FreeStyle Libre nationwide audit. The online tool for data entry is currently being developed on N3 and we are uncertain when this will be ready, but the data can be... Read More
	ABCD T1 DCC-UK January 2018 Newsletter Rob Gregory - Ex-officio Chair, ABCD Committee Wednesday, 10th January 2018 The ABCD T1 DCC-UK January 2018 Newsletter is now available to read online.
	The 2017 Rowan Hillson Inpatient safety award Professor Mike Sampson (Chair, JBDS - IP) Tuesday, 19th December 2017 We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this competition: Improving Inpatient Diabetes Safety: Best Digital Initiative. This JBDS – IP project is being led by our colleagues Umesh Dashora, Debbie Stanisstreet, and Erwin Castro. The... Read More
	Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award 2021 Professor Ketan Dhatariya (Chair JBDS-IP) Tuesday, 19th December 2017 We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this year’s competition which will be: ‘Best intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic that has maintained inpatient safety for people with diabetes’ This JBDS – IP project is being led by Dr... Read More
	All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Diabetes Anna Pokrajac, Committee Member, ABCD Tuesday, 5th December 2017 APPG for Diabetes met at the House of Parliament on 29/11/2017. To see video footage from the event click the images at the end of the article. The group was chaired by Rt Hon Keith Vaz. Speakers included: Patient Representative Gwynne Pickering... Read More
	The RCP Future Hospitals Programme Dinesh Nagi, ABCD Chair Friday, 1st December 2017 The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Future Hospital Programme has launched its final report this week and this provides an opportunity for the RCP to look back at the considerable impact that the programme has had. The Future Hospital Commission... Read More
	Global prevalence of diabetes continues to rise Dinesh Nagi, ABCD Chair Thursday, 30th November 2017 To mark World Diabetes Day, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) published new estimates on the global prevalence of diabetes, indicating that 1 in 11 adults are currently living with diabetes, 10 million more than in 2015. The new estimate... Read More