Our Professional Interest Network sessions run over lunchtime and allow you to connect with your peers and discuss opportunities, challenges and shared experiences.
Each session is centred around a particular specialism or work sector, helping you maximise the opportunity to make new contacts and gain learnings that you can put into practice in your workplace.
This year's meetings will run over lunchtime, Wednesday - Friday.
They are informal and interactive, with panel sessions and discussions, so please ask questions, get to know one another, and join in the conversation. The day of each session is detailed below. Find out more by clicking on the session you're interested in.
Wednesday 26 February - 1.35 pm to 2.35 pm
- Diabetes Specialist Nurses
- Consultants and Registrars
- Pharmacy
- Primary care
Thursday 27 February - 12.55 pm to 1.55 pm
- Paediatrics
- Dietitians
- Wellbeing and emotional support
- Midwives and pregnancy
Friday 28 February- 1.10 pm to 2.10 pm
- Footcare
- Eye health
- Basic and clinical research
- Physical activity
Wednesday 26 February - 1.35 pm to 2.35 pm
Diabetes Specialist Nurses - Room M1
Facilitators: Amanda Epps, East Kent and Paula Johnston, Southampton
Panel: Callum Metcalfe-O’Shea, London, Erica Richardson, Leicester and Esther Walden, Diabetes UK
Topic: Re-visiting the DUK career and education framework for diabetes specialist nursing – how have things changed?
Panel and group discussion, with Q&A
Consultants and Registrars- Room Lomond
Facilitators: Beenish Zaki, London and Ahmad Moolla, Oxford
Topics: 1) Insulin pump therapy for type 3 c Diabetes, 2) Diabetes care in care homes
Panel: Tom Crabtree, Derby and Giuseppe Maltese, London
A panel discussion followed by a wider networking session.
Pharmacy - Room Alsh
Facilitator: Alia Gilani, Glasgow
Panel: Hannah Beba, Leeds and Ahmed Iqbal, Sheffield
Topic: How pharmacists can tackle health and ethnic inequalities working collaboratively.
Group work and discussion, sharing best practices and networking.
Primary care - Room Boisdale
Facilitator: Samuel Seidu, Leicester
Panel: Sarah Davies, Cardiff, Rahul Mohan, Nottingham and Paul Newman, Glasgow
Topics: 1) Availability of Weight Management Tier 3 Services in Primary Care, 2) Uptake of Technology in Primary Care 3) The Role of Clinical Pharmacists in Primary Care.
Small-group discussions, networking and interactive reflection.
Thursday 27 February - 12.55 to 1.55 pm
Paediatrics - Room M1
Facilitator: Fiona Campbell, Leeds
Panel: Fulya Mehta, Liverpool and Dita Aswani, Sheffield
Topic: Transition/young adult care – models of care that work?.
Exploring models of care with a panel discussion followed by wider group discussion and networking.
Dietitians - Room Alsh
Facilitators: Sarah Alicea, London and Anjanee Kohli, Birmingham
Panel: Paul McArdle, Birmingham, Sam McKinnon, Sussex and Nusrat Kausar, Bradford
Topic: The BDA DSG workforce survey: Key learnings and recommendations on the UK dietitian workforce.
Key findings from the BDA DSG workforce survey and interactive workshop with an audience to build recommendations for the future workforce.
Wellbeing and emotional support - Room Carron
Facilitator: Rose Stewart, Wrexham
Panel: Jacqueline Allan, Norwich, and Vicky McKechnie, London
Topic: Diabetes Technology – how can we care for humans in the digital age?
Experiences from panel members followed by group work and discussion.
Midwives and pregnancy - Room Boisdale
Facilitator: Cathy Jones, Leicester
Panel: Tamsin Fletcher-Salt, Stoke, Grace Grudgings, Leicester, Tolulope Shonibare, Yorkshire and Jayne Walker, Northern Ireland
Topic: Collaborative care for future Pregnancies with Type 2 diabetes: Integrating primary and secondary healthcare.
A panel discussion followed by wider group discussion and collaboration between primary and secondary care.
Friday 28 February - 1.10 pm to 2.10 pm
Footcare - Room Dochart
Facilitator: Jayne Robbie, Birmingham
Panel: Joelle Baynham, Dorset, Jasdeep Singh Giddie, Frimley
Topic: Ensuring diabetes foot checks in primary and secondary care are timely, high quality, repeatable and meaningful.
Panel commentary followed by round table group discussion and feedback.
Eye health - Room Boisdale
Facilitators: Peter Scanlon, Gloucestershire, and Garry Tan, Oxford
Panel: Marc Atkin, Bath, David Preiss, Oxford and Caroline Styles, Fife
Topics: 1) The use of fenofibrate in diabetic eye disease: Should clinicians follow NICE guidelines and the results of the LENS trial? 2) The use of AI in diabetic eye screening services.
A panel discussion followed by wider group discussion and sharing practice.
Basic and clinical research - Room Carron
Facilitators: Craig Beall, Exeter and Jess Sutcliffe, Diabetes UK
Panel: Andy Chapman, Bristol, Beth Cragoe, London, Mirela Delibegovic, Aberdeen, Ryan Lafferty, Ulster and Andy Merritt, London
Topic: Top tips on commercialisation (hosted by the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge).
Panel presentations followed by group discussion.
Physical activity - Room Alsh
Facilitators: Julia Burdon, Leicester and Samantha Whittle, Bournemouth
Panel: Jason Gill, Glasgow, Louisa Herring, Leicester, Kate Wooley, Leicester and Tom Yates, Leicester
Topic: From brief advice to exercise on referral: evidence-based approaches to promoting physical activity and where to find them.
Q&A with panel, breakout groups and discussion.
