This is to announce the results of this national competition for the ‘Best interventions: Redesigning, rebuilding and maintaining safe inpatient diabetes care during COVID. One winner and one highly commended were identified. There were 5 entries, and we are very grateful to Dr Rowan Hillson and her fellow judges, Dr Clare Crowley, Esther Walden, Dr Rose Stewart, Professor Gerry Rayman and Dr Susannah Rowles for their time in judging these submissions.

In the fourth of our 2022 ABCD webinar series, please join Dr Bob Ryder and Professor Hugh Jones to discuss symptomatic testosterone deficiency.

The Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (ACCIA), formerly ACCEA, has opened the 2022 application round.

The MHRA has published a Drug Safety Update on pregabalin (Lyrica) and the findings of a safety study on risks if used during pregnancy.

We have also produced a Safety leaflet to help patients to understand the latest information about the effects of pregabalin during pregnancy.

As a healthcare professional, do you have experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic that you would like the public to hear? As we learn to live with COVID-19, is there anything you think the public needs to know? Are there things about the pandemic that you think should be recorded for posterity?

We can help to get your voice heard.

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Archive and Museum are recording the experiences of healthcare workers and of those close to them during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recruitment to the NICE advisory committee for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in adults

NICE are looking for experts to join our quality standards advisory committee (QSAC).

We need:

The London Symposium has been a successful whole-day Symposium on the latest aspects of diagnosis and treatments specific to Diabetes.  This year’s symposium on the 19th May and 16th June, is developed around the theme of the “Diabetes Management: The Times They Are A – Changin’"

In the third of our 2022 ABCD webinar series, please join Dr Hermione Price to discuss the management of diabetes in adults and children with psychiatric disorders in inpatient settings, in particular;

The Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS) invites applications from enthusiastic and committed individuals for the role of Co-Chair of the group. The role is designed to aid in the running of the highly influential and globally recognised JBDS Inpatient Care Group.  

JBDS is supported by the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), the Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse Group, and Diabetes UK