Save the date for the ABCD Consultant Development Programme (CDP) 2024. This course is designed to provide SpRs and newly appointed consultants with the opportunity to explore the non-clinical aspects and challenges of being both a leader and a clinician. The ABCD CDP, which has replaced the YDEF-led King's Fund Management Course, is a five-day residential programme and will be held from the 14th October to the 18th October 2024 in Birmingham.  Further details will be released shortly.

NHS England piloted a Low Calorie Diet (LCD) programme, delivered through Total Diet Replacement (TDR) and behaviour change support via 1:1, group or digital delivery, to improve Type 2 Diabetes in adults with excess weight. The impact and implementation of this pilot required evaluation to inform longer-term commissioning decisions.

Predictors of response to injectable once-weekly Semaglutide: Insights from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists nationwide audit 

Authors:

Thomas SJ Crabtree< Karen Adamson, Alex Bickerton, Alison Evans, Suzanne Phillips, Alison Gallagher, Niels Larsen, Dennis Barnes, Ketan Dhatariya, Benjamin CT Field, Iskandar Idris, Robert EJ Ryder on behalf of all ABCD Semaglutide audit contributor

Factors predicting achievement of recommended time in range and HbA1c 12-months following Closed-Loop in individuals with elevated baseline HbA1c levels 

Authors:

TSJ Crabtree, TP Griffin, P Narendran, G Gallen, MA Karamat, A Liarakos, A Lumb, REJ Ryder, P Choudhary, EG Wilmot on behalf of all ABCD Closed-Loop pilot audit contributors

HbA1c and sensor glucose level changes with hybrid closed-loop therapy in the real-world: Results from the ABCD audit of the NHS England Closed-Loop Pilot 

Authors:

TSJ Crabtree, TP Griffin, YW Yap, J Elliott, S Hussain, A Liarakos, A Lumb, REJ Ryder, P Choudhary, EG Wilmot, on behalf of all ABCD Closed-Loop pilot audit contributors

EndoBarrier treatment for longstanding type 2 diabetes and obesity: Outcomes two-years after EndoBarrier in 90 consecutively treated patients 

Authors:

REJ Ryder, M Yadagiri, SP Irwin, W Burbridge, T Bashir, MC Wyres, ML Cull, JP Bleasdale, RA Allden, EN Fogden, M Anderson and P Sen Gupta

On Wednesday April 17th 2024 on the first day of the Diabetes UK professional meeting at the ExCel London, the British Journal of Diabetes is publishing 6 papers, online-first, detailing the findings of the Re:Mission study undertaken by researchers led by Professor Louisa Ells of Leeds Beckett University. These papers evaluate the qualitative aspects of the NHS England Low Calorie Diet Pilots which have now transitioned into the national Type 2 Diabetes Pathway to Remission programme.