CVD & Diabetes by Pulse Virtual

09:30 - 09:40

Chair’s opening remarks

Dr Roger Henderson, senior GP and health broadcaster

09:40 - 10:25

The Diabetic Foot – What Secondary Care Teams Would Like Primary Care Teams to Know

Dr Ketan Dhatariya, consultant in diabetes, endocrinology and general medicine / honorary professor of medicine, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals / University of East Anglia

Foot ulcers are associated with an almost 50% 5 year mortality – they die most often of cardiovascular disease. 

Topics:

• When to refer urgently to your local foot clinic.
• Steps to take when seeing a hot red swollen foot.
• Treating CV risk factors aggressively if you see a ‘diabetic foot’

10:40 - 11:25

A new Era in the Management of Cardio Renal Disease: Bringing Protection to Life

This is a promotional symposium sponsored and organised by AstraZeneca.

11:45 - 12:30

Naughty but NICE: Key take-home messages from the recently updated NG28 T2D guideline

Dr Kevin Fernando, GP partner & educational supervisor, North Berwick Health Centre.

Topics:

• Making sense of NICE NG28 – what is new and what is not?
• Navigating through the blood glucose treatment algorithm.
• The practicalities of SGLT2 inhibitor usage in primary care.

12:50 - 13:35

COVID-19 & Arrhythmias

14:00 - 14:45

Diabetes in Children and Young People – some key topics

Dr Eleri Williams, consultant paediatrician, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Topics:

• Raising awareness and reducing the incidence of DKA at diagnosis.
• Safeguarding and sharing information.
• Type 2 diabetes in childhood.
• The increasing use of technology in children and young people.

15:00 - 15:45

OSA Including Driving - NICE Guidelines for Primary Care

Dr Sophie West, Consultant respiratory and sleep physician, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals.

Topics:

• When to suspect OSA.
• Assessment scales including ESS and STOP BANG.
• Who to refer to Sleep clinic and who to prioritise.
• What to say about driving.

15:45

Conference ends.

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