The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has published a briefing on putting people at the heart of diabetes services.

Diabetes costs the NHS around £10 billion a year. It is a national priority and a focus of the NHS Long Term Plan. There are guidelines on diabetes management and NHS policy highlights the need for more person-centred care. This includes supporting people, and giving them the tools they need, to manage their own health. However, there are large inequalities in access to services across the country. 

A survey to assess the workplace well-being for trainee registrars in the Diabetes and Endocrinology specialty has recently been launched.

The survey has been conducted once before, in 2018, in this specialty. The survey results, published in Primary Care Diabetes, found that 50% of Diabetes and Endocrine specialist registrars have experienced burnout*.

In the sixth of our 2022 ABCD webinar series, please join Dr Parth Narendran to discuss 'What should we be telling relatives of people with type 1 diabetes?

ABCD are pleased to have supported the Managing Diabetes campaign that launched on Friday 17th June 2022 within the The Guardian and online.

Managing Diabetes aims to raise awareness of the latest conversations and medical technology in the type one and type two diabetes industry and featured insightful content from ABCD, Diabetes UK, JDRF, IDF, Abbott, Insulet / Omnipod, Bayer, Arecor, MySugarWatch, Healum, Anglia Ruskin University, exante.

ABCD currently runs the successful National Diabetes Consultant Mentorship and Consultant Development Programmes. We are now seeking a Professional Development Lead for these programmes to support Keith Whitfield, current Faculty Lead.