ABCD Announcements
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ABCD audit of FreeStyle Libre device for flash glucose monitoring shows improved diabetes control in Type 1 diabetes and fewer hospital admissionsDr 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 |
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DUK call on NHS to do more for the mental health of people with diabetesDr Ansu Basu Elected Committee MemberMonday, 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 |
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National Diabetes Inpatient Audit reveals slow increases in specialist staff numbers and use of electronic prescribing in 2018Dr Dipesh Patel, Elected Honorary Meetings SecretaryMonday, 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 |
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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 |
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NHS England announces new online support for people living with type 2 diabetesDr Susannah Rowles, Honorary General SecretaryTuesday, 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 |
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FSL audit 2nd data deadline passes successfully – now the audit continuesEmma Wilmot, Chair, Diabetes Technology NetworkWednesday, 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 |
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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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