Professor Partha Kar is Type 1 diabetes technology lead and diabetes co lead for GIRFT at NHSE He is an International Medical Graduate (Kolkata, India) who works as a Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK since 2008- and won multiple awards at the BMJ, HSJ & Guardian Care Awards. He has helped to make use of CGM standard care in Type 1 Diabetes- while also implementing use of CGM in T1D pregnancy. He has led in developing online digital self-management platforms- while recently leading on wider access to Closed Loops working with NICE (TA943). His other work has involved championing “Language Matters”; principles of Peer support for Type 1 Diabetes as well as Co- creator of Type 1 Diabetes comic (Volume 1 to 5) and a Decision Support Tool for T1D management. He is one of the leading users of social media in diabetes care- and writes a monthly blog for the British Medical Journal. He has also been recognized as one of the most influential figures from the ethnic minority population across healthcare in the UK by the Healthcare Service Journal in 2020,2021,2022 and 2023.
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