Welcome to Diabetes UK's 15th Diabetes in Pregnancy Conference taking place online, Tuesday 10 November 2026, 10:00 to 16:00.
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Registration fee (including VAT) £36
Programme
We have an exciting programme lined up for our Special 15th Diabetes in Pregnancy UK Conference. This is open to all healthcare professionals with an interest in diabetes and pregnancy.
10:00 - 10:05: Welcome and Introductions
Peter Shorrick, Head of Midlands and East, Diabetes UK
10:05 - 10:35: Diabetes Pregnancy Management - A National Overview with Perspectives from Primary Care
Dr Clare Hambling, National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity, NHS England
10:35 - 11:00: National Diabetes in Pregnancy Audit
Professor Helen Murphy, Professor of Medicine, University of East Anglia
11:00 - 11:30: GDM Audit
Professor Eleanor Scott, University of Leeds Teaching Hospitals
11:30 - 12:00: An Australian Model of GDM and Prevention
Jenna Van DerVelden, Head of Prevention, Melbourne, University Australia
12:00 - 12:30: Postnatal Experiences of Women with GDM
Madeleine Benton, PhD, CPsychol, NIHR Advanced Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience
12:30 - 12:35: Launch of new GDM/Prevention Resource
Miah Farrell, Healthcare Engagement and Systems Change Manager
12:35 - 13:15: Break
13:15 - 13:45: Abstract Presentations
Chair: Dr Robbie Lindsay, University of Glasgow
13:45 - 14:15: Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Type 2 Diabetes
Ulla Kampmann Opstrup, Steno Diabetes Centre Aarhus, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
14:15 - 14:40: CGM Data and Postnatal Follow-up in Type 2 Diabetes
Jen Yamamoto, Assistant Professor, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
14:40 - 15:10: GLPI
Dr Camille Powe, Consultant Physician Investigator in the Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics
15:10 - 15:20: Break
15:20 - 15:40: NICE Guidelines (NG3) Discussion
Sharon Macarthy, Diabetes Specialist Nurse Consultant, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
15:40 - 16:00: Question and Answer Panel
All speakers
16:00: Close of Conference
Abstracts
Abstracts from the below areas are invited to submit their abstract for oral presentation at the conference. These will be judged by an expert panel, with three prizes awarded respectively for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
- Clinical case presentations
- Innovative practice
- Audit
- Research
Submissions should contain no more than 250 words, and include names of authors with presenting author underlined, the institute of where the work was undertaken and a contact.
Closing date for abstract submissions: 12 October 2026.
For more information regarding the conference, get in touch with us by emailing Midlands@diabetes.org.uk.
