Registration for YDF Day: 04 March 2008

Registration for the Young Diabetologists Forum Day on 4th March 2008 is now open. Registration for the YDF Day is free, and comes with free accomodation for the day and the rest of the Diabetes UK annual professional conference. Specialist Registars planning to attend YDF/DUK can find details on how to apply on the YDF website.

NRDSAG & Audit Meeting: 16th Oct 2007

Just to remind everyone that the next Northern Region Diabetes Service Advisory Group is this Tuesday 16^th October at 1pm at Lumley Castle (lunch 12.30).
It looks like it will be a really interesting and stimulating meeting as there are a lot of hot issues to discuss and debate (see programme below).
I have also put together another Diabetes Information Review, based on the Healthcare Commission Service Review (attached). I would be really interested in your thoughts and ideas about this.
The Diabetes Audit meeting follows on at 2.30 and I attach the programme for that as well. (A reminder for the SpRs – the NRDSAG meeting is open to you and very relevant for your training – please come to both!).
The NRDSAG distribution list is still very short of representation from primary care, particularly with the sadly ever-changing network personnel, so please, please forward this on to anyone you feel appropriate, especially lead GP’s or Practice nurses in your area and other key people. Ask them to let me know if they wish me to include them in the distribution list in the future.

Looking forward to Tuesday

All the best

Simon

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Northern Region Diabetes Service Advisory Group
Tuesday October 16^th 2007 1.00 – 2.30pm
Northumberland Room, Lumley Castle, Chester-Le-Street

Thanks to Kate Latham for supporting lunch (12.30 – 1.00), refreshments and venue with an educational grant from Lilly
For further information, or to send apologies, contact Simon Eaton, NRDSAG chair.

1. Minutes of previous meeting (attached)
2. Matters arising
3. User representation and user involvement
4. Commissioning
5. The state of the Networks
6. Linkage with SHA
7. NPfIT and the Diabetes Module
8. Diabetes Regional Industry Group – proposal of support for regional projects
9. Consideration of the Diabetes Information Review (attached)
1. The Healthcare Commission Service Review
2. QOF update
3. Future reports – ideas & opportunities for involvement

Followed by Diabetes Audit Group meeting (2.30 onwards)

PROGRAMME
NORTHERN REGIONAL DIABETES AUDIT GROUP [FOLLOWS THE NRDSAG MEETING]
16 October 2007 (FROM 1430)
LUMLEY CASTLE, CHESTER-LE-STREET

1430 – 1450 Baseline audit of diabetes services for young adults at North Tyneside GH. Emmett C, Lewis-Barned N, Oliver L, Morgan J, Dovey-Pearce G, Young B. North Tyneside General Hospital

1450 – 1510 How good was the person you saw today?: Measuring consultation quality. Al-Ozairi E, Eaton S. Northumbria Health Care NHSFT

1510 – 1530 Baseline audit of care of gestational diabetes in Northumbria Health Care NHSFT. Larman C, Clark S, Eastlake M, Evans D, Guirguis M, McKenzie S, Lewis-Barned N. Northumbria Health Care NHSFT

1530 - 1545 Tea/Coffee

1545 – 1615 Regional data review: patient involvement. Eaton S.

Registration with the Postgraduate Dean in the Northern Deanery

Dear All

Just to inform you that I have put some information on the welcome page
of your website for all doctors entering run-through training for the
first time and how they go about registering with the Postgraduate Dean.
Link as below. Info can also be found on the front page of the Deanery
website if you have trouble accessing this.

http://mypimd.ncl.ac.uk/PIMDDev/news/form-r-registration-with-the-postgr
aduate-dean

Basically all new run-through trainees need to complete a "Form R" and
return this to the Deanery before they can be issued with a National
Training Number. Would therefore be grateful if you could pass this
information on to those of you who have new ST trainees and need to
register.

Any queries please do not hesitate to give me a call.

Thanks.


Gillian

Gillian Conway
Specialty Programme Co-ordinator
Northern Deanery
NHS North East Education
10 - 12 Framlington Place
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE2 4AB
Tel: 0191 2226762
www.pimd.co.uk

National Diabetes Support Team 'Showcase' Conference 13 Nov and 13 Dec 2007

National Diabetes Support Team ‘Showcase’ Conference

Please find attached an Application Form and Outline Programme for the National Diabetes Support Team ‘Showcase’ Conferences due to be held in Leeds 13 November and London on the 13 December.

There is no attendance charge for the conference which will cover the following topics:

Commissioning

Children and Young People

Patient Public Involvement/User Involvement

Diabetes information and the use of data

Care Planning and year of care

Quality Assurance in Diabetes Education

Diabetes Needs Analysis – Understanding Populations

Diabetes In Patients

As well as offering you the opportunity to meet fellow professionals working in the field of diabetes and time to meet and discuss issues with members of the National Diabetes Support Team and the National Diabetes Tsar, Dr Sue Roberts and members of the Department of Health Team.

Places are strictly limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis, if you would like to attend then please complete the attached application form and forward to:

Sarah Iveson
National Diabetes Support Team
Nomis House
18 South Road, Prudhoe
Northumberland
NE42 5JS

or email it to Sarah Iveson
Tel: 01661 839203

I look forward to seeing you at our event.

Michelle Greenwood
Programme Manager
National Diabetes Support Team

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Leeds, Metropolitan Hotel 13^th November
London, Holiday Inn, Kensington Forum, 13^th December

Outline Programme

08.45 – 09.30 Registration

09.30 – 09.30 Introduction Bill O’Leary

09.35 – 09.45 Welcome SHA Representative

09.45 – 10.00 Themes of the day Diabetes Tsar Sue Roberts

10.00 – 10.30 Plenary:

Relaunch of Networks NDST Director Bev Bookless

10.30 – 10.45 Coffee

10.45 – 11.45 Workshop: first rotation

• Commissioning
• Children and Young People
• Patient Public Involvement/User Involvement
• Diabetes information and the use of data
• Care Planning
• Quality Assurance in Diabetes Education
• Diabetes Needs Analysis – Understanding Populations
• In Patients

11.45 – 12.45 Workshop: second rotation

12.45 – 13.30 Lunch

13.30 – 14.00 Plenary:

Self Management Sue Roberts

14.00 – 15.00 Workshop: third rotation

15.00 – 16.00 Workshop: fourth rotation

16.00 – 16.25 Panel Questions & Answers

Application form

Name: …………………………………………………………………………………...

Job title: …………………………………………………………………………………...

Organisation: …………………………………………………………………………………...

Address: …………………………………………………………………………………...

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Telephone number: …………………………………………………………………………...

Email address: …………………………………………………………………………...

Conference you wish to attend: Leeds, 13^th November □ London, 13^th December □

Workshop preferences – please rate preference 1 to 8 with 1 being your top choice:

• Commissioning □
• Children and Young People □
• Patient Public Involvement/User Involvement □
• Diabetes information and the use of data □
• Care Planning □
• Quality Assurance in Diabetes Education □
• Diabetes Needs Analysis – Understanding Populations □
• In Patients □

Please send your completed application form to Sarah Iveson, National Diabetes Support Team, Nomis House, 18 South Road, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 5JS or email it to Sarah Iveson
Tel: 01661 839203

Caledonian Society for Endocrinology: Peebles, 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2007

Caledonian Society for Endocrinology

Advance notice of Annual Winter Meeting 2007 and call for abstracts for Caledonian Society Prize Lecture and Clinical Case Presentation Prize.

Chair: Dr Marie Freel, Clinical Lecturer, Western Infirmary, Glasgow

Dates: Friday 30th Nov & Saturday 1st Dec

Venue: Peebles Hotel Hydro

Northern region endocrine Diabetes CME-8.10.2007

Northern Endocrine and Diabetes CME
Autumn Meeting 2007
Monday 8 October , 2007 Academic centre
James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

0930 Registration

Morning session: Osteoporosis, Recent developments in Management of Type 2 diabetes


1000 Update on osteoporosis Professor Stuart Ralston
Head of the School of Molecular and clinical medicine &
Professor of Rheumatology
Western general hospital
Edinburgh
1040 Discussion
1050 Which glucose lowering drug, When? Professor Philip Home
Freeman hospital
1130 Discussion
1140 Tea break

1150 Debate
‘ This house believes that thiazolidinediones should not have a role in the
management of Type 2 diabetes ‘

Supporting the motion : Dr.Vincent Connelly

Against the motion : Dr.Simon Ashwell

James Cook University hospital,Middlesbrough

1300 Lunch

Afternoon session: Cushings Syndrome, Hormone replacement therapy

1400 Cushing’s syndrome- Always a problem Professor Ashley Grossman Professor of Neuroendocrinology William Harvey Research Institute Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London
1440 Discussion
1450 Cushing’s syndrome- Case discussion Dr.Andy James
Dr.Sukesh Chandran
Dr.Ravikumar
Royal Victoria Infirmary
1520 Tea break
1530 Hormone replacement therapy Dr.Gordana Prelevic
–Risks and benefits Senior Lecturer in Reproductive Endocrinology,Royal Free and
University college,London medical school
1410 Discussion
1420 Close