Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference 2024

Welcome to Diabetes UK's 13th 'Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference' taking place virtually on Tuesday 12 November 2024.

Registration is now open.

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Registration fee – including VAT is £30.

Accredited by the Royal College of Physicians.

Programme

Diabetes In Pregnancy Conference Programme 2024 

10.30am         Welcome and introductions 

Pete Shorrick, Head of Midlands and East of England, Diabetes UK

10.35am          Spotlight on womens health from a diabetes perspective T1 and T2D pregnancy priorities, NDA dashboards, GDM audit

Claire Hambling, National Clinical Director for Diabetes & Obesity, NHS England

11.05am         Clinical trials in GDM evidence update

Lessons from DIGEST

Dr Claire Meek, University of Cambridge, Dept of Clinical Biochemistry

Lessons from Bump2Baby

Sharleen O’ Reilly, Dietitian, University College, Dublin/Christy Burden, Associate Professor in Obstetrics, Bristol Medical School

Q&A Panel discussion

11.45am            Break – Virtual networking including viewing of abstract submissions

12.00pm       Diagnosis of GDM past, present and future

Time to revisit HbA1c

Professor, Ponnusamy Saravanan, Warwick Medical School
 

CGM is the future - Lessons from GLAM and MAGIC

Eleanor Scott, Professor of Diabetes and Maternal Health at the School of Medicine, University of Leeds
 

Harnessing large datasets (HDR UK)

Professor Rebecca Reynolds, University of Edinburgh
 

Q&A Panel discussion

12.50pm          Abstracts

Dr Robert Lindsay, Endocrinology, University of Glasgow – Chair

1.20pm          Diabetes Prevention following GDM pregnancy 

How effective is the National Diabetes Prevention Programme

Emma Barron, Senior Analytical Manager, Imperial College London, Gestational Diabetes and the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, NHS England

Pharmacotherapy for prevention of T2D

Professor Barbara McGowan, Kings College, London/Professor John Wilding, Diabetes & Endocrinology, University of Liverpool
 

Is there still a role for Bariatric surgery

Professor Alexander Miras, University of Ulster
 

Q&A Panel discussion

2.15pm          Break – Virtual networking including viewing of abstract submissions

2.45pm          Hybrid Closed-Loop (HCL) in T1D pregnancy:

Why CamAPS FX is recommended during T1D pregnancy: Overview of evidence from randomised trials and real-world studies

Professor Helen Murphy, University of East Anglia, Honorary Consultant Physician, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
 

Lived experience 

Nina Willer
 

Practical tips and tricks for use of CamAPS FX during pregnancy, labour and birth

Dr Tara Lee, Clinical Research Fellow, University of East Anglia, Speciality Registrar (O&G), Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust
 

HCL Benefits and barriers: Practicalities of starting HCL in Pregnancy

Eleanor Scott, Professor of Diabetes and Maternal Health at the School of Medicine, University of Leeds Molly Joseph (DSN), Jess Galloway (DSN)

Getting your antenatal team started - NHSE perspective

Partha Kar, Consultant, Portsmouth Hospitals, NHS Trust / Karen Kennedy, Deputy Director, NHS Diabetes Programme, NHSE
 

Q&A Panel discussion

3.55pm           Closing comments

4.00pm           Close 

Call for abstracts

Abstract submissions are invited in the area of: 

ƒ clinical case presentations
ƒ innovative practice 
ƒ audit 
ƒ research. 

Abstracts from the above healthcare disciplines are invited, and should contain no more than a maximum of 250 words. This should include names of authors with presenting author underlined, the institution where the work was undertaken and a contact. Three abstracts will be selected for oral presentation and will be judged by an expert panel, with three prizes awarded respectively for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 

Please indicate if poster presentation is preferred. 

Please submit all abstracts to Gursharan.Kaur@diabetes.org.uk.

Closing date is Monday, 14 October 2024.
 

Diabetes in pregnancy - committee

Peter Shorrick Diabetes in Pregnancy Organising Committee Chair and Host, Head of Midlands and East of England, Diabetes UK

Gursharan Kaur Diabetes UK

Professor Ponnusamy Saravanan University of Warwick

Professor Helen Murphy Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital

Professor Eleanor Scott University of Leeds

Dr Robert Lindsay University of Glasgow

Professor Jenny Myers University of Manchester

Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference - Tuesday, 12 November 2024

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