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Diabetes

A pivotal update to national diabetes guidance – what does it mean for your practice?

Agenda

13:00–13:45

What’s new in the NICE type 2 diabetes guideline?

  • A review of recent updates to NG28, the NICE guideline on type 2 diabetes
  • The key changes and their relevance to primary care
  • Strategies to implement the new recommendations in your clinical practice

Speaker: Sarah Davies
Chair: Yassir Javaid

13:45–14:20

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14:20–15:00

Smarter working in primary care diabetes management

  • Delivering efficient and effective diabetes reviews
  • Working across multiple long-term conditions simultaneously
  • “Tips and tricks” – ideas and guidance for improving efficiency

Speaker: Sarah Davies
Chair: Yassir Javaid

Speakers

Sarah Davies

GPwSI in Diabetes, Cardiff

Dr Sarah Davies is a GP in Cardiff with a special interest in diabetes. She qualified at the University of Wales College of Medicine in 2003 and initially trained as a physician, before making the move into general practice and never looked back! She has continued her interest in diabetes and presents regularly on the subject to colleagues at local and national meetings. She is passionate about general practice, particularly great quality diabetes care in the primary care setting.

She is the Clinical Director for diabetes in primary care for Cardiff and Vale UHB and All Wales Lead for diabetes in primary care. She is a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion, Primary Care Diabetes Society committee member and a presenter for NB Medical Hot Topics, leading their diabetes course.

Yassir Javaid

GPwSI Cardiology, Northampton

Dr Javaid qualified from Cambridge University and completed his VTS training in Northampton. He has a specialist interest in cardiology and echocardiography and was a clinical lead in the Northamptonshire Community Cardiology service, which had a focus on patients with heart failure and valve disease.

He was named Pulse “GP of the Year” in 2015 for his work in reducing stroke emergency admissions in the East Midlands. He is on the editorial board for the British Journal of Cardiology.

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