ABCD Announcements Archive
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
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…
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
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-…
Dr. Stella George
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…
Dr. peter winocour
As part of the ABCD Renal Association clinical specialty work programme we have now finalised our guidelines on managing hyperglycaemia in kidney disease . A summary of the full guidelines with audit…
Professor John Wilding
• A recent systematic review of clinical trials for type 2 diabetes found that no single outcome was measured in all trials. HERE
• A new EU HORIZON 2020 funded study wants to find out what the most…
Professor Umesh Dashora
The findings of a nationwide survey of the diabetes education and training needs of midwives in the UK is now available in full on the ABCD website. HERE
The survey was commissioned by Diabetes…
Professor Ketan Dhatariya
The care of 16-18 year olds presenting with DKA is fraught with difficulty. Whilst they may have their outpatient care in the children and young persons department, if they are admitted to hospital,…
Professor Michael John Sampson
This is to announce the results of this national competition for ‘the best digital initiative’. We are very grateful to Dr Rowan Hillson and her fellow judges, Dr Ketan Dhatariya, Dr Clare Crowley,…
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
1. Always include “diabetes” as a diagnosis in inpatients
Even if not the primary reason for admission, specify that the patient has diabetes and the specific type.
This affects the…
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
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…
Dr. Caroline Day
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…
Dr. Dinesh Nagi
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…
