Welcome to Diabetes UK's 14th Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference taking place online, Tuesday 11 November 2025, 10.00am to 4.00pm.
Registration fee (including VAT) £30
Programme
10am to 10.05am: Welcome & Introductions
Peter Shorrick, Head of Midlands & East of England, Diabetes UK
10.05am to 10.20am: Diabetes Pregnancy Management - A National overview with perspectives from primary care
Dr Claire Hambling, National Clinical Director for Diabetes & Obesity, NHS England
10.20am to 11.05am: Gestational Diabetes, Prevention & DPP – GDM facts, Figures, Clinical Good practice
Eleanor Scott, Professor of Diabetes and Maternal Health at the School of Medicine, University of Leeds; Emma Barron, Senior Analytical Manager, NHS England, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Helen Sowden, Programme Manager, Diabetes Programme, Prevention and Long Term Conditions, NHS England
11.05am to 11.35am: GCK-Mody pregnancies and quality improvement
Denise Barnes, Lead Midwife for Genomics; Colette Scrace, Clinical Nurse Lead, Geonomics, NHS England
11.35am to 12.00pm: MDT discussion – What does a good MDT look like
Chairs: Professor Saravanan Ponnusamy, University of Warwick; Professor Jenny Myers, Consultant Obstetrician - St Mary's Hospital, Manchester
12.00pm – 12.45pm lunch – Virtual networking including abstract submissions viewing.
Bridging the Gap: Using a traffic light tool to improve GDM follow up & prevent type 2 diabetes.
Amy Emery, Healthcare Engagement & Systems Change Manager, Diabetes UK
12.45pm to 1.15pm: Abstracts
Chair: Dr Robbie Lindsay, University of Glasgow 3 orals and posters
1.15pm to 2.15pm: Saving Babies Lives - How Saving Babies Lives MDT discussions make a difference - cases from an Obstetric perspective
Professor Eleanor Scott, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Medha Rathod, Consultant Obstetrician, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor Jenny Myers, Senior Lecturer/Consultant Obstetrician, School of Medical Sciences, The Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester
Alice Dempsey, Subspeciality Trainee, Maternal Fetal Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester
2.15pm to 2.30pm: Break
2.30pm to 3.55pm Technology - Policy into Practice including CGM in Type 2 Diabetes and HCL in pregnancy
Chair, Professor Eleanor Scott
Technology and CGM in Type 2
Professor Helen Murphy, Professor of Medicine at the University of East Anglia
HCL Policy into Practice - Latest data on the number of pregnant women using HCL
Karen Kennedy, Deputy Programme Director, NHS Diabetes Programme, NHS England
Q & A Panel discussion
Professor Partha Kar, Consultant & National Specialty Advisor, Diabetes with NHS England
3.55pm to 4.00pm: Close of conference
Peter Shorrick, Head of Midlands & East of England, Diabetes UK
Abstracts
Abstract submissions are now closed. Three abstracts from the below will be selected for oral presentation and will be judged by an expert panel, with three prizes awarded respectively for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
- Clinical case presentations
- Innovative practice
- Audit
- Research
For more information regarding the conference, get in touch with us by emailing Midlands@diabetes.org.uk.
