Course Overview
This comprehensive one-day Diabetes Update course is designed for healthcare professionals already actively involved in diabetes management within Primary Care.
The programme provides an evidence-based update aligned with current NICE guidance, national cardiovascular risk strategies, and evolving pharmacological developments in Type 2 diabetes care. Teaching focuses on refining clinical decision-making, optimising treatment pathways, and managing complexity in patients with multimorbidity.
Participants will explore advances in glucose-lowering therapies, cardiovascular and renal protective prescribing, technology integration, and risk reduction strategies. The course also addresses emerging trends in diabetes prevention and remission.
Learning is interactive and case-based, supporting practical application within structured diabetes reviews and long-term condition management.
Who Should Attend
This course is suitable for:
- Practice Nurses delivering diabetes reviews
- Advanced Clinical Practitioners
- General Practitioners
- Primary Care Pharmacists
- Paramedics working in Primary Care
- Clinicians already managing patients with diabetes
Participants should have prior experience in diabetes care.
What This Course Covers
Current Landscape of Diabetes Care
- Updates in diabetes classification
- National prevalence and epidemiology
- Metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk integration
- Diabetes prevention pathways
Diagnostic and Guideline Updates
- Revisiting diagnostic criteria
- Prediabetes and high-risk identification
- NICE updates in Type 2 diabetes management
- Individualised HbA1c targets
Pharmacological Advances
- Optimising metformin use
- SGLT2 inhibitors and cardiovascular/renal protection
- GLP-1 receptor agonists and weight management
- Dual therapy and combination strategies
- Deprescribing considerations
- Polypharmacy in multimorbidity
Insulin and Technology
- Indications for insulin initiation
- Basal insulin optimisation
- Overview of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)
- Practical considerations in Primary Care
- Structured education and technology signposting
Hypoglycaemia and Risk Management
- Recognising and managing hypoglycaemia
- Sick day rules
- Acute hyperglycaemia
- Safety-netting and patient education
Case-Based Clinical Application
- Complex multimorbidity scenarios
- Cardiovascular disease integration
- Renal impairment and prescribing decisions
- Shared decision-making discussions
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply current NICE guidance in advanced diabetes management
- Optimise pharmacological therapy in Type 2 diabetes
- Incorporate cardiovascular and renal protection strategies
- Understand emerging technologies in glucose monitoring
- Manage hypoglycaemia and acute illness safely
- Individualise treatment goals in patients with multimorbidity
- Identify opportunities for remission and prevention pathways
Course Format
- Duration: Full-day (approximately 6 hours teaching time)
- Delivery: Virtual
Format includes:
- Structured teaching sessions
- Case-based discussion
- Clinical scenario analysis
- Interactive Q&A
Certification
Certificate of attendance provided for CPD and revalidation purposes.