Announcements
Survey: National Diabetes Audit (NDA) specification engagement
Dr. Susannah Rowles
As the contractual arrangements under which the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) is delivered end in June 2022, the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) is preparing a new specification and…
UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) national consultation on the use of artificial intelligence for image analysis in diabetic eye screening
Dr. Susannah Rowles
We are looking for any members who may have some unique expertise! The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has started a national consultation on the use of artificial intelligence for…
Re-launch of ABCD worldwide audit of testosterone deficiency in men with type 2 diabetes
Professor Thomas Hugh Jones
Commencement of the ABCD worldwide audit of testosterone deficiency in men with type 2 diabetes was held up by the recent COVID-19 pandemic surge. With the subsiding of that surge, ABCD would…
ABCD Diabetes and COVID National Diabetes Audit - Two Papers Published
Dr. Rustam Rea
The ABCD Diabetes and COVID National Diabetes Audit is still live. We have now published 2 papers: an analysis of the clinical characteristics of nearly 200 people with Type 1 diabetes and…
DCT and ABCD Research Grant open for applications
Professor Parth Narendran
We are proud to launch a new grant funding scheme from The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and The Diabetes Care Trust for high quality clinically based studies costing upto £50,000.…
Do you provide T2D services to a large Black African-Caribbean community?
Professor Barbara McGowan
Would you be interested in being a research centre for a clinical trial of a culturally-tailored T2D self-management programme for Black African-Caribbean adults? Healthy Eating & Active…
ABCD and Renal Association Standards of Care for Glycaemic Assessment in People with Diabetes on Haemodialysis
Dr. Sufyan Hussain
People with diabetes on haemodialysis represent a complex group that are at high-risk for medical complications including hypoglycaemia. Furthermore, these individuals have historically not received…
ABCD and Renal Association Standards of Care for Glycaemic Assessment in People with Diabetes on Haemodialysis
Dr. Andrew Frankel
People with diabetes on haemodialysis represent a complex group that are at high-risk for medical complications including hypoglycaemia. Furthermore, these individuals have historically not received…
Spotlight on: The ABCD DIY APS Audit
Dr. Thomas Crabtree
The ABCD DIY APS audit was conceived in 2019 as a way of recording and assessing the real-world clinical outcomes associated with do-it-yourself artificial pancreas systems. These systems are user-…
2021 London Symposium
Dr. Dipesh Patel
The London Symposium has been a successful whole-day Symposium on the latest aspects of diagnosis and treatments specific to Diabetes. This year’s symposium, the sixth in the series, is…
Dr Garry Tan elected as ABCD representative on the Joint Specialist Committee for Endocrinology & Diabetes (JSC) at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
Dr. Susannah Rowles
ABCD is proud to announce the formal election of Dr Garry Tan, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as our representative on the Joint Specialist Committee for Endocrinology &…
Apply to join the 2nd cohort of the NDA Quality Improvement Collaboratives by 21 April 2021
Dr. Dipesh Patel
ABCD would like to announce these two QI opportunities from the NDA team for diabetes services and CCG/Healthboards to our members. Please note the tight deadline of 21st April 2021. The National…
Dr. Bob Ryder, Consultant Diabetologist,
The ABCD audit programme was prominent at the recent EASD in Hamburg with four presentations. In particular, the presentation by Prof Hugh Jones of the ABCD testosterone in men with type 2…
