ABCD Announcements Archive
Dr. stella george
You will be aware that JBDS have launched an audit of the medical VRIII guideline to look into its safety and inform any possible changes for the second version. We have received 50 replies so far…
Dr. Alison Gallagher
In its latest research, the British Heart Foundation has highlighted that 90% of people living with coronary heart disease have at least one other long-term condition, while 60% have at least three…
Dr. Robert Gregory
Don’t miss out! The morning sessions of the third ABCD Clinical and Commissioning News-Live event ‘Innovation into ICS/STP Implementation’ held on 12th July are now available on line as a webcast,…
Dr. Robert Gregory
Thanks to support from ABCD and others Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation (TPIAT) has been approved by NHS England for funding from April 2019 under ‘Highly Specialised…
Dr. Bob Ryder
ABCD has three posters at the current American Diabetes Association meeting in Orlando, Florida. The latest data from the ABCD study of Endobarrier in diabetes or pre-diabetes with obstructive…
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,…
