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
Accredited by the Royal College of Physicians.
Programme
10am to 10.05am: Welcome & Introductions
Pete Shorrick, Head of Midlands & East of England, Diabetes UK
10.05am to 10.35am
Dr Claire Hambling, National Clinical Director for Diabetes & Obesity, NHS England
10.35am to 11.05am: Gestational Diabetes, Prevention & DPP – GDM facts, Figures, Clinical Good practice
Karen Kennedy, Deputy Programme Director, NHS Diabetes Programme, 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
12pm – 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
Professor Eleanor Scott, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds
Sites update on how SBL has changed/shaped services
2.15 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 people using HCL and case study videos – a person with diabetes and a healthcare professional
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
Pete Shorrick, Head of Midlands & East of England, Diabetes UK
Abstracts
Abstract submissions are invited in the area of:
- Clinical case presentations
- Innovative practice
- Audit
- Research
Abstracts from the above healthcare disciplines are invited, and should contain no more than a maximum of 250 words. This should include names of authors with presenting author underlined, the institution where the work was undertaken and a contact. Three abstracts will be selected for oral presentation and will be judged by an expert panel, with three prizes awarded respectively for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
Please indicate if poster presentation is preferred.
Please submit all abstracts to Gursharan.Kaur@diabetes.org.uk
Closing date is Monday 13 October.
For more information regarding the conference, get in touch with us by emailing Midlands@diabetes.org.uk.
