Discovering the latest technologies brought to life by expert presenters and dedicated industry partner showcases
This inspirational
and motivational NHS conference enabled participants to share and learn from other healthcare professional colleagues’ experiences of diabetes care across
Scotland. By taking the time out to attend, attendees benefitted from useful
updates on the newest technologies, heard innovative ideas to take back to clinical practice and took part in thought-provoking discussions around
overcoming joint challenges of funding and technology implementation.
With thanks to our industry partners:
Key learning outcomes
Those who attended this face-to-face Scotland conference where able to broaden their knowledge base and build on their confidence through meaningful conversations and knowledgeable speakers presenting on:
- Achieving a Scotland-wide approach to technology: navigating the funding challenges
- National on-board plans for Hybrid Closed Loop (HCL)
- Best practice guidance for on-boarding of HCL for pregnancy
- Establishing pathways for pump starts and effective follow-up
- Refining your patients’ HCL settings to improve outcomes
- Supporting patients with the psychological impact of diabetes
- Enhancing inpatients diabetes care across Scotland
- Exploring the latest in CGM systems and updated guidance
Plus, we welcomed insight from our industry partners
SBK Healthcare would like to thank Abbott, Advanced Therapeutics, Air Liquid, Dexcom, my life Diabetescare and Medtronic for sponsoring this unique forum.
Invitation to sponsor
This interactive event was a great opportunity for providers of diabetes technology and treatments to support healthcare professionals. To find out more about all the engagement and branding opportunities, please email Sarah Kemm or call Sarah on 01732 897788.
7 presentations | 14 parts | 5 CPD hours
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Chair’s opening remarks
Dr Anna Dover, Consultant Diabetologist, Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NHS Lothian
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| National advances | |
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National onboarding of Hybrid Closed Loop in Scotland
Valerie Laszlo, Diabetes Improvement Lead and National Innovation Programme Manager, The Scottish Government and Centre for Sustainable Delivery and Arlene Dale, Senior National Diabetes CLS Educator, National Diabetes Closed Loop System Onboarding Programme
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Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 4 |
Industry partners’ showcase: Progression in diabetes care
At this point you will be split into groups to rotate around the industry partner presentations
Air Liquide, Advanced Therapeutics (UK) Ltd, Abbott, Dexcom and Medtronic
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| Getting your patients set up and supported on HCL | |
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Establishing an effective pathway for new pump starts and follow-ups
Dr Fraser Gibb, Consultant Physician, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NHS Lothian
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| 6 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 7 |
Industry partners’ showcase: Progression in diabetes care
At this point you will be split into groups to rotate around the industry partner presentations
Air Liquide, Advanced Therapeutics (UK) Ltd, Abbott, Dexcom and Medtronic
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| Hybrid Closed Loop troubleshooting | |
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Refining settings of Hybrid Closed Loop to achieve improved results
Dr Liz McIntyre, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology, NHS Lanarkshire
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| Reducing the psychological toll | |
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Supporting your patients with the psychological impact of diabetes technology
Kirsty MacLennan, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, NHS Grampian
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| 10 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 11 |
Interactive discussion: Enhancing on-boarding and supporting HCL use in your service
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| Inpatient diabetes developments | |
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Improving inpatients diabetes care in Scotland: latest development plans
Dr Stuart Ritchie, Clinical Director, Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NHS Lothian and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh
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| 13 |
Questions and answers with your speakers
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| 14 |
Chair’s closing remarks and close of day
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With thanks to the speakers...
Dr Anna Dover
Consultant Diabetologist
Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NHS Lothian
Valerie Laszlo
Diabetes Improvement Lead and National Innovation Programme Manager
The Scottish Government and Centre for Sustainable Delivery
Arlene Dale
Senior National Diabetes CLS Educator
National Diabetes Closed Loop System Onboarding Programme
Dr Fraser Gibb
Consultant Physician, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NHS Lothian
Dr Liz McIntyre
Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology
NHS Lanarkshire
Dr Kirsty MacLennan
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
NHS Grampian
Dr Stuart Ritchie
Clinical Director and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NHS Lothian and University of Edinburgh
Who came?
This annual conference has been held since 2016 – attracting over 500 healthcare professionals from across Scotland. We welcomed to this invaluable event the likes of:
- Specialist Nurses
- Dietitians
- Consultants
- Diabetes Specialists
- Midwives
- Registrars
- Professors
- GPs
- Practice Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Psychologists
Attendee Feedback
Don't take our word for how much the attendees enjoyed this day, here is just some of the feedback that we have received:
Past attendee feedback
With thanks to our industry partners...
Abbott’s Diabetes Care Division is committed to helping people manage their diabetes and achieve their best health outcomes with innovative technology, such as the FreeStyle Libre 2 system.
The ACE (Alternate Controller Enabled) Dana-I Insulin Pump offered by ATUK, features the unique ability to securely connect to a smartphone via ultra-low energy Bluetooth to facilitate fast and reliable insulin management via the user or artificial pancreas algorithm.
Supporting over 40,000 people living with diabetes around the world, Air Liquide Healthcare is the authorised distributor of Tandem Diabetes Care’s innovative t:slim X2™ Insulin Pump. The latest version of the t:slim X2™ features Control-IQ™ - advanced hybrid closed-loop technology designed to help increase time in range.
At Dexcom, we believe that with diabetes, knowledge is power, we’ve spent the last 20 years innovating and developing simpler and better ways for people with type 1 diabetes to measure, track and manage their diabetes. We’ve launched the world’s first real-time CGM system and helped to eliminate more than 11 billion fingersticks.
mylife Loop is an automated insulin delivery system that runs from your smartphone, linking the mylife YpsoPump insulin pump, the mylife CamAPS FX algorithm and the choice of either the Dexcom G6 or FreeStyle Libre 3 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System. mylife Loop is the only HCL system licenced for use in pregnancy and in people aged 1 and over.
Medtronic innovate solutions that treat more than 70 health conditions, from Parkinson’s to diabetes. Their healthcare technologies transform the lives of two people every second.
Why sponsor a Diabetes National Networking Forum
Our role at SBK Healthcare is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing diabetes delivery forums offering dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be full immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.
Interested in having your own event, managed by us?
SBK Healthcare also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.
Reach out today
If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:
Sarah Kemm
Contact: 01732 897788
Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk
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