DIABETES STUDY DAY

I WAS REALLY PLEASED TO BE ASKED TO SPEAK AT THIS CONFERENCE AND THOUGHT IT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO OTHERS

East Midlands Diabetes Study Day – 

Tuesday, 12th November, 2013

Kettering Park Hotel
Northamptonshire
NN15 6XT
9am to 4.30pm

 Attendance costs £90 per delegate, including lunch and refreshments. 

To register, preferably book through www.eastmidlandsstudyday.eventbrite.co.uk or call IDDT on 01604 622837. Discounted rate for colleagues

We are also offering a 50% discount if you want to bring additional members from your organisation, so if you book before the end of the month it will only cost at £120 for two places. Please note the discounted second attendee rate can only be obtained by emailing events@iddtinternational.org.

 Be part of something new

Organised by the InDependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT), the charity which cares passionately about diabetes, this is the first in a brand new series of Diabetes Study Days, which aim to inform, inspire and educate the healthcare community.

 Benefits to you

• Refresh your diabetes knowledge
• Learn about new developments
• Share good practice
• Pick up CPD points

Confirmed Speakers

Consultant PhysicianDr Charles Foxfrom Northampton General Hospital	Consultant Dietician and Nutritionist Dr Mabel Blades	Julian Backhousefrom theInstitute of Diabetes for Older People (IDOP)	Senior Diabetes Specialist NurseHelen Atkins from the University Hospitals of Leicester

 A day to brush up on advances in the diabetes community

9am	Registration and refreshments
9.30am	Introduction from IDDT Co-chair, Jenny Hirst
9.45am	‘How to Get The Best From Your Patients – and How They Can Get The Best From You’, with Dr Charles Fox, a Consultant Physician from Northampton General Hospital
10.30am	‘A Passport to Improved Diabetes in Care Homes’, with Martin Hirst from IDDT and Julian Backhouse, from the Institute of Diabetes for Older People (IDOP)
11.30am	Workshops – Care Homes/How to Get The Best From Your Patients
12.30pm	Lunch
1pm	‘Transforming Diabetes Services’, with Bernie Stribling, National Director of the DESMOND programme
1.45pm	‘Patient Safety, an Online Education’, with Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse Helen Atkins, from the University Hospitals of Leicester
2.30pm	‘Diabetes and Food – do Your Patients Count Their Carbs?’ with Consultant Dietician and Nutritionist Dr Mabel Blades
3.15	Refreshments
3.30pm	Workshops – Diabetes and Food/Patient Safety/Education
4.15pm	Summing up and next steps
4.30pm	Close