ABCD Announcements Archive
Dr. Bob Ryder
https://youtu.be/o6yiV0afaUc At the ABCD autumn meeting in Brighton, ABCD Chair, Rob Gregory gave a memorable “swan song” after dinner speech in which he read from "The diabetic life" by RD Lawrence…
Dr. Robert Gregory
Members working in England and Wales can now access the first report from the National Diabetes Audit for 2015-16. I encourage you to look at data for your own CCGs and trusts to see how you…
Professor Ketan Dhatariya
The Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom has a new vacancy for an Endocrinology & Diabetes SCE Examining Board Member. The deadline for applications being Monday 13…
Professor Alan Sinclair
2017 Clinical Excellence Awards - for ABCD members applying for National Awards. The 2017 round opens on Tuesday 28th February 2017 and closes at 17.00 on Tuesday 25th April 2017. As before, ABCD…
Dr. Emma Wilmot
Applications are being taken for a project to improve access to medical technology, specifically insulin pump therapy for adults with T1DM. The project has been shortlisted for the Darzi Fellowship…
Professor Michael John Sampson
We are inviting colleagues to submit entries to this competition to find the best joint pharmacy and diabetes team initiative to improve insulin and prescribing safety in hospital. This JBDS – IP…
Dr. Karen Adamson
On 11/12/16, the Scottish Government announced an additional £10 million funding for Type 1 diabetes. The funding is to increase pump provision over the next 5 years and provide CGM to priority…
Professor Jonathan Valabhji
As mentioned in Rob Gregory’s excellent Christmas Chair’s bulletin (See HERE), the manufacturers of Lucozade have recently given notice of their intentions to reduce its glucose content. The timing…
Dr. Robert Gregory
The next round of applications by NHS Trusts for Chief Registrars is open. Please encourage your trusts to bid, and for your extremely talented SpRs to apply for such posts! Click on the…
Dr. Robert Gregory
The wait is over! NHS England has advised that the Diabetes Call to Bid has now been published. The closing date for bids is 18 January. Note there is a new requirement to those…
Professor Gerry Rayman
The Diabetes UK Diabetes Specialist Nurse survey was launched in March 2016 to help us gain an understanding of the state of diabetes specialist nursing in 2016 and explore what change is needed to…
Dr. Emma Bingham
Good preparation for pregnancy in women with diabetes is well recognised to improve outcomes for mother and baby. So it is with some concern that we read in the recent National Diabetes in Pregnancy…
