The Primary Care Diabetes Society in association with Diabetes & Primary Care Journal presents Diabetes care delivery in a changing world: translating theory into day-to-day practice to be held at The Belfry, Warwickshire, 11-12 November 2005

… state-of-the-art lectures, clinical updates and masterclasses offering practical guidance to healthcare professionals on how best to confront present and future therapeutic and political issues that directly impact on their everyday practice.

CME ACCREDITATION SOUGHT

THIS CONFERENCE IS AIMED AT ALL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHO WISH TO IMPROVE PRIMARY DIABETES CARE, INCLUDING GPS, PRACTICE NURSES, DIABETOLOGISTS, DSNS, DIETITIANS, PHARMACISTS, PODIATRISTS, COMMUNITY NURSES.

‘I am delighted to introduce the Inaugural conference of the new Primary
Care Diabetes Society (PCDS). Diabetes in primary care is in a period of
great upheaval as GPs and their teams actively engage with patients to
improve their care. It is important and timely that the PCDS, an
organisation dedicated to improving the treatment of people with
diabetes, has now emerged. As part of our plans to promote interaction
and learning among the whole range of healthcare professionals working
within diabetes care, our first annual conference will focus on the
impact of clinical, political and educational developments on the future
of primary care diabetes. This is YOUR Society and YOUR conference. I
invite you to have YOUR say.’
Colin Kenny, GP and Acting Chair of the PRIMARY CARE DIABETES SOCIETY

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CME sought

DIABETES CARE DELIVERY IN A CHANGING WORLD
The Belfry, 11-12 November 2005

DAY ONE PROGRAMME (FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2005)

09.45        Registration and coffee

Session 1: The changing face of diabetes care delivery
10.45        Chair’s introduction — Colin Kenny
10.50        Conference opening — Sue Roberts
11.05        A practical approach to what you need to know about:
Emerging Therapies 1: Glycaemic Management–Cliff Bailey
* Insulin options available
* Present & future oral agents
* A place for pumps?
11.50        Emerging Therapies 2: Cardiovascular Risk–Miles Fisher
* Current management strategies
* What next?
12.35        Lunch and exhibition viewing

Session 2: Addressing the multifaceted nature of diabetes
13.45        Masterclasses (1st rotation)
1. Initiating insulin–Debbie Hicks
*  Implications for primary care
*  Which insulin for whom?
2. Supporting patients to adjust their own insulin–Heather
Daly
*  Should insulin self-adjustment be encouraged?
*  How can we support patients to take this on?
3. Encouraging concordance–are we simply whistling in the
wind?–Chas Skinner
*  Why ‘education’ does not always lead to behaviour change
*  How to promote self-management
4. Management nightmares–Neil Munro
*  Case study examples
*  When to refer
5. Patient education modules–where are we?–Mary MacKinnon
*  Which modules are relevant?
*  How and for whom do they work?
6. How to spot the at-risk foot–Roger Gadsby
*  Step one is to identify the at-risk foot
*  Step two is to decide what to do about it
14.45        Masterclasses (2nd rotation)
15.45        Tea

Session 3: Keynote Lecture–’The global challenge’
16.20        Obesity–a practical approach to a difficult problem–Omar
Ali
* Pharmacology, diet and exercise, psychology–but in what
combination?

Session 4: Sponsored satellite symposium
17.15-18.45  ‘The statins debate’–satellite symposium supported by an
unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer
20.00        Pre-dinner drinks followed by Conference Dinner

DAY TWO PROGRAMME (SATURDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2005)

08.30-09.30  Breakfast and satellite symposium supported by an
unrestricted educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline
09.30        Coffee and exhibition viewing

Session 5: Consensus or conflict in the future of primary diabetes care?
10.00        GMS2 Contract–where to next?–Peter Holden
* Likely effects on our patients, our profession and our
pockets
10.30        HEAD-TO-HEAD DEBATE: (Rory McCrea vs Clive Marchi)
‘General practice is not fit to look after people with
diabetes’
* An impassioned review of what general practice can and
cannot hope to offer the person with diabetes
11.30        Coffee
12.00        How to find the missing million–a practical approach–
Melanie Davies
* Who should be screened?
* How and where should this happen?
12.30        Primary Care Diabetes Society business–AGM, election,
soapbox, GPwSIs
13.30        Finish