South West Professional Conference 2008
The theme for this year's South West Professional Conference was "How do you build the best possible future for your patients with diabetes?"
Starting with making an early diagnosis and how to help the patient adapt to the diagnosis, the conference explored through talks and workshops some of the building blocks for better outcomes. These included:
- strategies for managing the different needs of a patient on their journey with diabetes
how to motivate patients to make changes
- managing chronic kidney disease
- foot care
- new treatments.
The conference finished by looking at the future that research might offer by a talk by Prof Andrew Hattersley.
Outlined below are the presentations that are available:
- Making an early diagnosis - Julie Tomlinson
- The Alphabet Strategy - a practical guide for managing diabetes - John Morrissey
- Managing CKD in Primary Care - Karen Marchant
- New therapies for diabetes - Jamie Smith
If you would like a copy of any of the presentations please email us at south.west@diabetes.org.uk stating which presentation you would like. Please note that all presentations are in pdf format.