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Diabetes in Pregnancy UK Conference 2025

Welcome to Diabetes UK's 14th 'Diabetes in Pregnancy Conferencetaking place online, Tuesday 11 November 2025, 10.00am to 4.00pm.

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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.

 

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