Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) is pleased to announce three further publications during September 2021 from its real-world audit of the FreeStyle Libre system (FSL), in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who use FSL.  In our previous publication in Diabetes Care, which we announced in July 2020, we found that FSL users showed significant improvements in glycaemic control, awareness of hypoglycaemia and were less likely to utilise healthcare resources.

The Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for Inpatient Care group was created in 2008 to ‘deliver a set of diabetes inpatient guidelines and proposed standards of care within secondary care organisations’, with the overall aim of improving inpatient diabetes care through the development and use of high quality evidence based guidelines, and through better inpatient care pathways.

We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this year’s competition which will be:

‘The Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award – The best interventions: Redesigning, rebuilding and maintaining safe inpatient diabetes care during COVID’

We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this year’s competition which will be:

‘The Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award – The best interventions: Redesigning, rebuilding and maintaining safe inpatient diabetes care during COVID’

The biennial 5th #TDFS2021 is back this year with a packed programme and a multidisciplinary faculty of leading UK voices in Diabetic Foot Care.

Hot topics covered include:

In anticipation of wider hybrid-closed loop (also known as artificial pancreas systems) use in the NHS and NHSE hybrid-closed loop pilot, ABCD DTN in collaboration with King's Health Partners will be offering a series of 3 live webinars. These will cover aspects relevant to healthcare professional using these novel systems in clinic. 

ABCD would like to congratulate Dr Bob Ryder on his recent Lifetime Achievement Award.

Dr Ryder received this award during the 7th International Diabetes and Endocrine Conference for services to MRCP and UK Audits via ABCD.

I am sure you will join me to wish him many congratulations on this achievement!