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ABCD Diabetes Update 2026

The Diabetes Update programme is an initiative for trainees in diabetes and endocrinology. It aims to cover the diabetes section of the training curriculum for diabetes and endocrinology issued by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board. It is also a great opportunity for more established clinicians to find out the latest updates in the area of diabetes.

ABCD Diabetes Update 2025

The Diabetes Update programme is an initiative for trainees in diabetes and endocrinology. It aims to cover the diabetes section of the training curriculum for diabetes and endocrinology issued by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board. It is also a great opportunity for more established clinicians to find out the latest updates in the area of diabetes.

ABCD Diabetes Update 2024

REGISTRATION FOR ABCD DIABETES UPDATE 2024 IS NOW CLOSED!

31st January - 2nd February 2024.

The Diabetes Update programme is a new initiative for trainees in diabetes and endocrinology. It aims to cover the diabetes section of the training curriculum for diabetes and endocrinology issued by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board. It is also a great opportunity for more established clinicians to find out the latest updates in the area of diabetes.

Maintaining and delivering diabetes services during COVID-19 Pandemic

ABCD has been working with the In-Patient Diabetes lead for Diabetes UK, Prof Gerry Rayman, and a group of Specialists in Diabetes to produce much needed guidance describing the maintenance and delivery of specialist diabetes services during COVID-19.

The document is intended for those involved in delivering and redesigning diabetes services in the light of this pandemic. It recognises the importance of maintaining certain elements of the diabetes service which will be essential in reducing the burden on hospitals and supporting inpatient teams.

ABCD Middle East & Asia Diabetes Update 2025, Dubai

The ABCD Middle East & Asia Diabetes Update 2025 is an initiative for trainees in diabetes and endocrinology which will be held in Dubai. 

It aims to cover the diabetes section of the training curriculum for diabetes and endocrinology issued by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board. It will also be a great opportunity for more established clinicians to find out the latest updates in the area of diabetes.

Diabetes Emergency Surgery Pathway videos

Developed by Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT), this guide is to support the health and wellbeing of people with diabetes as they await surgery.

The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Diabetes Emergency Surgery Pathway, was developed as part of the Improving the Perioperative Pathways of People with Diabetes (IP3D) program. It is a set of resources and guidelines to improve care for surgical patients with diabetes, particularly in emergency settings.

Watch the video guides below, tailored for:

Discontinuation of Levemir (insulin detemir): Joint guidance from ABCD and PCDO Society

Levemir® insulin, in both its Penfill® and Flexpen® presentations, is to be discontinued, with an anticipated supply end date of December 2026. A Medicine Supply Notification (MSN/2025/036U) has been issued regarding the discontinuation.

In response to this, the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and the Primary Care Diabetes & Obesity Society have published joint guidance from a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, which aims to support clinicians in appropriately selecting and safely prescribing alternative insulin therapy.