Diabetes UK Clinical Champions Programme

Applications are now open for the Diabetes UK Clinical Champions Programme.

• This a free opportunity for healthcare professionals from across the UK to develop leadership skills and build a support network to make diabetes care fairer and better. The programme will start in May 2024 and end in December 2025. It involves a blend of in-person retreats, online sessions, and local events. The practical application of learnings from this year’s programme will focus on getting diabetes essential care right and tackling inequalities. The programme aims to develop leaders at every level of the health and care system who truly reflect the talents and diversity of staff and the communities they serve. Applications from colleagues from minority ethnic groups are particularly encouraged. To learn more about the programme and apply go here. Brief details of the programme are also attached to the Email with this link, along with an application pack.
• Diabetic Eye Screening Programme: Please see link- https:// suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SNEE-DESP-IHI- letter.pdf to a letter from Bev Tolley, Head of Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes for InHealth Intelligence Ltd, regarding the Suffolk and North East Essex Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP). Also please link to the latest edition of the Suffolk and North East Essex DESP stakeholder bulletin. – https://suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk/ wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SNEE-DESP-Stakeholder-Bulletin-No.1-January-2024.pdf

• Diabetes webinar: Professor Gerry Rayman is hosting a webinar on February 28 from 1pm to 2pm to hear how Getting It Right First Time’s diabetes emergency surgery pathway can support surgical colleagues to provide best practice care for people living with diabetes. Prof Rayman will be joined by Dr Catherine Robinson, consultant anaesthetist and anaesthesia lead for perioperative diabetes/IP3D at the Manchester Foundation Trust, who will talk through the pathway and discuss the benefits to patients. Attendees will also hear about the benefits and challenges from the perspective of a Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (DISN), Rachel Allen, Lead DISN at East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust. You can register for the webinar here. The pathway is available here. The webinar will take place on MS Teams Live Events. Once registered you will receive the joining link by separate email prior to the event.

• Diabetes and Ramadan: Are you and your patients #RamadanReady? The British Islamic Medical Association hosted a webinar featuring Dr Nazim Ghouri, Consultant Physician in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Medicine at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, and Joint Senior Editor of the British Islamic Medical Association Ramadan Compendium, in which he gave evidence-based ‘top tips’ on risk assessment for fasting, medication adaptations, monitoring considerations, and shared decision making. A recording of the webinar, which also included case discussions, can be found here. Further Ramadan-related diabetes advice from Diabetes UK is available here.