ABCD DTN-UK Educators Day Manchester 2024

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Geraldine Gallen
Kings College Hospital NHS Trust
Geraldine Gallen Type 1 Service Lead, Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse Kings College Hospital, London Geraldine Gallen is a Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, currently working at Kings College Hospital, London. She has been in this position for over ten years and is the lead for the Type 1 diabetes service. Geraldine’s main clinical interest is in the management and education of all patients with Type 1 diabetes including those patients experiencing problematic hypoglycaemia, and along with the team at Kings offers a full range of treatments including structured education, DAFNE and DAFNE for pumpers, technology including insulin pump therapy, sensor augmented pump therapy, automated closed loop systems, continuous glucose monitoring and flash glucose monitoring. She and her team have over 800 patients on insulin pumps and over 300 patients funded on full time continuous glucose monitoring. Geraldine has also had training in Cognitive Behavioural therapy (CBT) and Motivational Interviewing (MI) and is interested in developing these skills further and supporting patients in their holistic management with their diabetes. Geraldine is excited by the developments of technology within type 1 diabetes management and can often be found talking to patients and healthcare professionals nationally and internationally educating how technology can be adapted into the patient pathway.

Amy Jolley
Salford Care Organisation
Amy Jolley, MSc, BSc, RD is Lead Diabetes Specialist Dietitian for the young adult and transition services at Salford Care Organisation. Amy also leads on the delivery of technology services by providing continued education for staff and providing specialist insulin pump/CGM clinics for patients as part of a MDT. Amy has weekly clinics with people using AID systems and those preparing to commence these systems. Amy has been in her role for 12 years and explored many areas of diabetes. She’s a DAFNE educator for MDI and pumps, completed MSc modules in insulin pump therapy, completed the NMP course level 7, and is currently working closely with clinical psychology on a project to prevent T1DE. This year Amy has arranged multiple in-person events for PWD to meet to encourage peer support set up and growth. Amy is enthusiastic to contribute to the education of diabetes technology on a national level.

Anne Marie Frohock
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Anne Marie Frohock BSc (Hons)RD is Lead Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian with the Oxfordshire Children’s Diabetes team. She has a special interest in sports nutrition and has established the Oxford Specialist Sports Clinic for youngsters and adults with Type 1 Diabetes with Dr Alistair Lumb. Often seen cycling to home visits or out with her local club in her home town of Oxford, she is a keen exerciser and appreciates how important movement is for physical and mental wellbeing. Anne Marie has taught on both the EXTOD HCP conference and the EXTOD education patient programme.

Dr Alistair Lumb
OCDEM, Oxford University NHSFT
Dr Lumb is a Consultant in Diabetes and Acute General Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is clinical lead for the National Diabetes Inpatient Safety Audit, Chair of the Diabetes Technology Network-UK (DTN-UK) and a member of the ExTOD (Exercise in Type One Diabetes) Steering Committee. His clinical interests also include cystic fibrosis related diabetes and transplantation.

Dr Rose Stewart
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)
Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Adult Diabetes Psychology lead for BCUHB & NHS Wales.

Tara Lee
University of East Anglia and the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tara Lee is a Clinical Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.  Having qualified in 2012, she completed postgraduate Core Medical Training and is currently training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the East of England. Tara is the current DRWF Sutherland-Earl Clinical Fellow and undertaking a PhD at UEA where her work focusses on type 1 diabetes in pregnancy and the use of diabetes technologies.  As well as her own studies, she is a co-investigator on the AiDAPT (Automated insulin Delivery Amongst Pregnant women with Type 1 diabetes) and PROTECT (Pregnancy Outcomes using continuous glucose monitoring Technology in pregnant women with Type 2 diabetes) studies.

Programme

The latest copy of the programme is available to view online

Venue and travel

The Studio, 51 Lever Street, Manchester M1 1FN
Please view details on how to travel to the venue

Registration

We are delighted to be able to offer this meeting FREE OF CHARGE to all delegates. You will need to be a member of the DTN in order to register, and membership is also free of charge. If you are not already a member of DTN you may join on line. Please note that in order to mitigate losses, we reserve the right to invoice any delegate who is registered to attend but who cancels their place with less than 72 hours notice, or who does not turn up on the day. The amount invoiced will be £75.00 per person.

Cancellation

We are able to offer this meeting to you free of charge due to the generosity of our corporate sponsors. The costs to run this event are considerable and as such we ask that if you need to cancel you please let us know as soon as possible so that we can offer your place to someone else. DTN-UK reserves the right to invoice delegates who have registered to attend and who either cancel with less than 72 hours notice or who do not turn up on the day. The fee invoiced will be £75 per person.

Catering

All refreshments &  lunch on the day will be served in Rise & Shine We will endeavour to cater for any dietary requirements that have been specified before the day but regret that it may not be possible to provide a special diet if we have not been notified in advance.

Accommodation

No accommodation is provided for this event.

Contact

For queries please contact Jen Atkinson or call 01675 477602.

Sponsors

We are grateful to our DTN Corporate Supporters who have made this meeting possible.  The DTN-UK Educator day meetings have been instigated and organised by ABCD. Sponsors have contributed funding towards this event in return for exhibition space. They have had no input into the agenda or the selection of speakers with the exception of any sponsored symposia which are clearly indicated. 

Please take the time to visit the sponsor exhibition stands during the break times

Wifi

Free wifi is available throughout the venue.

1. Delegate places at the conference are limited and offered on a first-come, first served basis. Places cannot be guaranteed until payment has been received.
2. Cancellation charges may apply (100% cancellation fee if cancelled within four weeks of the event)
3. Refunds may be available up to 28 days prior to the event taking place - please check the details for each event.  All refunds are subject to a £10.00 administration fee
4. ABCD / ABCD Diabetes Technology Network reserves the right to alter the programme without prior notice
5. In the event that a conference is cancelled or cannot take place for any reason outside the control of ABCD, the registration fees will be refunded in full. The total liability of  ABCD shall be limited to that refund only and it shall not be liable for any other loss, cost or expense, howsoever arising.
6. Delegates are advised to take out appropriate travel insurance cover.
7. All delegates attending events must comply with relevant current government guidance at the time of the event. Delegates are asked to take all possible precautions against spreading infection through the wearing of masks and frequent hand washing. Delegates are asked to advise the event team if they test positive for COVID-19.