NEW ABCD AUDIT DATA demonstrate better glucose controlAND fewer hospital admissions for people with type 1 diabetes using the FLASH glucose monitoring system

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15. Liraglutide and acute pancreatitis in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) nationwide liraglutide audit

Ryder REJ¹, Thong KY², Blann A¹, Phillips S³, Barwell N⁴, Kelly C⁴, Semple C⁵, Struthers S⁵, Sen Gupta P¹, on behalf of the ABCD nationwide liraglutide audit contributors.

¹City Hospital, Birmingham, UK

1 Combined insulin and liraglutide therapy is associated with metabolic improvement and reduction in insulin dose in commonly prescribed insulin regimens: an ABCD liraglutide audit analysis

Piya Sen Gupta^1,2, Ken-Yang Thong¹, Robert EJ Ryder¹on behalf of the ABCD liraglutide audit contributors.

¹Departments of Diabetes, City Hospital, Birmingham UK

²Department of Diabetes, King’s College London, UK

We are really pleased to announce that following a request to Abbott Diabetes Care from the Diabetes Technology Network, Abbott’s Diabetes Care division have very kindly donated 6500 FreeStyle Libre sensors to be used by NHS Trusts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are two main purposes of this donation. 

The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) nationwide exenatide and liraglutide audits

REJ Ryder¹, K Y Thong¹, Melissa L Cull¹, Andrew P Mills¹, Chris Walton², ABCD nationwide liaraglutide audit contributors

¹Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipids Metabolism, City Hospital, Birmingham

²Diabetes, Hull Royal Infirmary.

Factors associated with HbA1c and weight changes at 6 months in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) nationwide exenatide and liraglutide audit

CE Walton¹, REJ Ryder², ML Cull², AP Mills², KY Thong², on behalf of the ABCD nationwide exenatide and liraglutide audit contributors

¹Diabetes, Hull Royal Infirmary

²Diabetes, City Hospital,Birmingham.

Problems with the NICE guideline for exenatide exposed in the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) nationwide exenatide audit

R.E.J. Ryder¹, K.Y. Thong¹, M.L. Cull¹, A.P. Mills¹, C. Walton², K.A. Adamson³, D.S. Dove⁴, on behalf of the ABCD nationwide exenatide audit contributors

¹City Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

²Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull, United Kingdom

³St John's Hospital, Livingston, United Kingdom

An opportunity for our consultants to feedback valuable nuggets from the forthcoming ADA conference on 12-16th June has become available via the Diabetes Professional Conference (DPC).

This would take an interview style format in an area of interest. For those attending and who are interested, please promptly contact Toby Baker, Event Director at DPC Tobyb@diabetespc.com

The British Journal of Diabetes (BJD) has published an Editorial "Supporting people with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic without face-to-face appointments" which is available online now. Read this important editorial authored by Dinesh Nagi, Pratik Choudhary, Emma Wilmot, and Peter Winocour.