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ABCD Announcements Archive

Our archive contains announcements older than three years. ABCD takes no responsibility for the content of archived material. Displaying 145 - 156 of 262 archived announcements
Image of author, Dr. Dinesh Nagi
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
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…
Image of author, Dr. Christopher Walton
Dr. Christopher Walton
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…
Image of author, Professor Umesh Dashora
Professor Umesh Dashora
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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Dr. Bob Ryder
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…
Professor Michael John Sampson
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…
Image of author, Dr. Dinesh Nagi
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
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…
Image of author, Dr. Dinesh Nagi
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
Dr Susannah Rowles has been appointed as ABCD Honorary General Secretary following the resignation of Dr Russell Drummond.  Susannah was appointed unopposed following a call to the membership…
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Dr. Bob Ryder
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…
Image of author, Dr. Ansu Basu
Dr. Ansu Basu
Diabetes UK has published a new analysis highlighting that 6,836 children and young adults are reported to have Type 2 diabetes in England and Wales. This figure is far higher than the 715 children…
Image of author, Dr. Dinesh Nagi
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
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…
Image of author, Dr. Emma Wilmot
Dr. Emma Wilmot
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…
Image of author, Dr. Stella George
Dr. Stella George
Today we have launched our new, annual census of consultants in diabetes and endocrinology. This is being done instead of the previous paper survey you had received and is sent on behalf of ABCD;…