To mark World Diabetes Day, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) published new estimates on the global prevalence of diabetes, indicating that 1 in 11 adults are currently living with diabetes, 10 million more than in 2015.The new estimate is included in the eighth edition of the IDF Diabetes Atlas, other data included: diabetes prevalence is set to rise to almost 700 million by 2045; one in two adults with diabetes remain undiagnosed; and 12 percent of global health expenditure is spent on diabetes. For more information click here.

If you missed the ABCD Autumn Meeting, or want to review the day, the conference is now on Storify.

• Read more about Launch Of The ABCD Nationwide FreeStyle Libre Audit

The joint British Diabetes Societies for inpatient care group (JBDS - IP) were interested to know the extent to which their guidelines have been downloaded from the ABCD website and so we investigated. Click here to see the information for 2017.  It can be seen the the guidelines are indeed being well used, in particular the diabetic ketoacidosis, HHS and hypoglycaemia guidelines.

Please see below for links to documents from the ABCD Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Collaborative T1DCC-UK and ABCD aimed at supporting you to to get Freestyle Libre onto the formulary in your locality.

Supporting covering letter - click HERE

Information to help a formulary case - click HERE

Animas has discontinued the sale of all Animas® Vibe® and OneTouch Ping® insulin pumps in the U.S. and Canada, effective immediately.
How will this decision affect users of Animas products in the UK?

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RCP QI Hub – Supporting teams to improve care for people with diabetes when in hospital

Would you like to:
 … gain a better understanding of how to interpret the findings from your data?
 ... learn how to facilitate changes and improvements in patient care?
 … become a quality improvement champion for inpatient diabetes?

This guideline covers how to identify adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes. It aims to remind practitioners that age is no barrier to being at high risk of, or developing, the condition. It also aims to help them provide those at high risk with an effective and appropriate intensive lifestyle-change programme to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. For more information click HERE.

I am extremely saddened to advise you of the unexpected death of our Founding Chairman, Dr John Wales who passed away suddenly, in his sleep, whilst on holiday in Finland.  John’s funeral took place in Acaster, Selby, North Yorkshire on Friday 1/9/2017 with a private family burial. Professor Ken Shaw and Dr Chris Walton were able to attend and represent ABCD at the following memorial service. I have sent a personal message to Barbara, John’s wife and will write to her on behalf of ABCD.

September 13, 2017 — The NHS Business Services Authority has approved the listing of the FreeStyle Libre® flash glucose monitoring system in the Drug Tariff (under section 9A: Detection Sensor, interstitial fluid for glucose).   This means, subject to local health economy approval, it will be available for reimbursement via the NHS across England and Wales, NHS Scotland and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland from 1st November 2017.