We are pleased to announce that Professor Ketan Dhatariya will be the new Chair of ABCD, Ketan will take over from Dr Dipesh Patel when he completes his term of office in June 2023.

Read the results of the annual census of Consultants in Diabetes and Endocrinology, done on behalf of ABCD, SfE, Diabetes UK and The Royal College of Physicians London.

JBDS-IP is embarking on an ambitious project of identifying the right number of staff to deliver an ideal, ‘state of the art’ inpatient diabetes service in the UK.

They want to try and determine what are the optimal staffing levels for everyone involved in the team and details of what the team does, or should be doing, not just delivering care.

Submissions are open for the Niru Goenka Lecture at the ABCD Conference in September 2023.

Candidates appointed to their first consultant post within the last 10 years are eligible to present.

The remit of the lecture is to showcase pioneering work in managing areas of diabetes care - Niru was particularly passionate about integrated care in the community and technology.

Your submission should include an outline of your lecture (500 words maximum) and a copy of your CV.

Course materials can be found below

The closing date to apply to join the Collaborative has now been extended to Tuesday 29th November 2022.

Pictured L to R Parth Narendran and Pratik Choudhary

The Novo Nordisk UK Research Foundation Fellowship (NNUKRF) is now calling for applications from healthcare professionals in all areas related to diabetes for research
and education funding in diabetes for 2023.

The opportunities available are as follows:

Researchers from the University of Surrey are looking for healthcare professionals working in diabetes to take part in a study on screening for disordered eating in diabetes.

Do you currently work in an NHS diabetes services and have direct contact with patients?

Have you worked at this service for more than six months?

Are you aged 18 or over?