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11th Diabetes Conference hosted in Cork
The 11th Collaborative 2018 Diabetes Conference took place on Wednesday 26th September 2018, at Silversprings Clayton Hotel, Cork. This conference is organised annually by the Diabetes in General Practice (DiGP), Department of General Practice, UCC, with partners the HSE and the IPNA. This year’s conference title was ‘National Strategy: Local Implementation' and was chaired by Diarmuid Quinlan, GP with keynote speaker Professor Sean Dinneen, Endocrinologist in Galway.
The Conference was chaired by Dr Diarmuid Quinlan, GP, Chairperson of the Diabetes Subgroup of Local Implementation Governance Group for Chronic Disease and Clinical Lead HSE South on National Diabetes Clinical Care Program Working Group. The keynote speaker was Professor Sean Dinneen, Endocrinologist in Galway, and National Lead for Diabetes Clinical Care Programme who spoke on “Improving Diabetes Care in Ireland: bringing it all back home”. Also speaking was Teresa O'Donovan, HSE Head of Primary Care services in Cork and Kerry who outlined the role of the recently established Local Implementation Governance Group (LIGG) for Chronic Diseases which she chairs, in improving the services for those with diabetes, respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease. The LIGG will focus on the prevention and management of chronic diseases to provide seamless person centred co-ordinated care ensuring good patient outcomes.
Workshops were run for the delegates covering topics including Fatty Liver Disease, Staying Fit for the Future, Guidance on Carbohydrates, Medications and Blood Glucose Levels, Diabetes Case Studies, The Eyes and Diabetes, ECG Interpretation, HbA1c Targets and Hypoglycaemia, Childhood Obesity, and Injectable Therapies and Glucose Meters.
The conference was well attended with 240 delegate places booked. Congratulations to Mary Leamey Practice Nurse from Waterford who won the conference raffle for 1 night B&B for 2 in Silversprings Clayton Hotel kindly sponsored by the Clayton Hotel Group
Pictured below: Dr Diarmuid Quinlan and Professor Sean Dinnean
