Presented at the ACBD Regional Meeting, Yorkshire 2020 by Dr Bob Ryder

Presented at the ACBD Regional Meeting, Yorkshire 2020 by Dr Chris Walton, Hull & Keren Miller, Oviva

Presented at the ACBD Regional Meeting, Yorkshire 2020 by Professor Ramzi Ajjan

Presented at the ACBD Regional Meeting, Yorkshire 2020 by Dr Rajiv Gandhi

Presented at the ACBD Regional Meeting, Yorkshire 2020 by Associate Professor Rob Andrews

Presented at the ACBD Regional Meeting, Yorkshire 2020 by Dr Dorothy J Frizelle

For the past 6 months or so, we have all been working under exceptional circumstances and in very different ways. In terms of technology and diabetes. We know there have been moves towards virtual working to different degrees in different places. In particular, we are aware that access to diabetes technologies may have been affected by  the changes in working practices across the country.

ABCD welcomes the publication of the final GIRFT report for Diabetes, which was released on world Diabetes Day. ABCD has been fully supportive of the primary aims of the GIRFT workstream, namely to improve quality of diabetes care in hospitals, and reducing unwanted variations in clinical services and practices. For the first time, the report focussed on three main areas of care: type 1 diabetes care including transition from paediatric to adult care, in-patient diabetes services, and diabetes foot care services.

The British Journal of Diabetes, in conjunction with the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and the Young Diabetologist and Endocrinologist Forum (YDEF) are pleased to announce the launch of our inaugural quality improvement in diabetes award programme.