With over 30,000 people admitted to hospital with Covid-19, and up to a third of them with diabetes, we know you are working flat out. With the use of steroids in many patients, the need for glucose monitoring to support care in hospital and support safe discharge is even greater than it was in the first wave. We are really pleased to announce that in response to another request from ABCD-DTN, Abbott’s Diabetes Care division have very kindly agreed to donate 10,000 further FreeStyle Libre 1 sensors to NHS Trusts to support us in this.

There are two main purposes of this donation

Released on 20th January 2021 by London NHS, London COVID-19 dexamethasone and hyperglycaemia: diabetes de-escalation guidance is now available for download.

The statement from PCDS, supported by ABCD and Diabetes UK contains useful updated information to share with community colleagues and patients.

The statement from PCDS, supported by ABCD and Diabetes UK contains useful updated information to share with community colleagues and patients.

ABCD and ABHI have released a joint position statement "Supporting Management of People with diabetes using Out-of-Warranty Pumps while Ensuring Appropriate Patient Choice".

ABCD and ABHI have released a joint position statement "Supporting Management of People with diabetes using Out-of-Warranty Pumps while Ensuring Appropriate Patient Choice".

This document aims to provide healthcare professionals who work in diabetes, with guidance for commencing both glucose sensors (continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)) and insulin pumps (continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII)) in a remote setting.

This new year, we find ourselves in perilous times managing a recurrent viral surge (resulting from a mutated strain) which seems to be steeper than the last. Vulnerable elderly people and front-line staff are actively being vaccinated, but we seem to be some way behind the viral wave and always trying to catch up. Like many, I read the sobering and extremely sad news of the death of Professor Donal O’Donoghue, Registrar at the Royal College of Physicians, London. There is much fear upon hearing how colleagues, friends and family have been affected by this terrible disease.

Calling all ABCD members who hold a National Clinical Excellence Award (CEA) award…..

Your help is needed urgently!

CEA’s were paused during 2020 due to the pandemic but now the process for citation and ranking of applications has been reinstated for specialist societies and the Royal College of Physicians. 

We are inviting ABCD members who hold a national award to be involved in this process. 

This webinar will introduce the DIY artificial pancreas systems and will help you to:

- Understand how a DIY APS system works

- Understand why users choose these systems and the potential risks and benefits

- Discuss the ethical and medico-legal implications of their use