North West Diabetes Meeting: 3 Feb 2012

Dear Colleague,

I have great pleasure in inviting you to the Winter NW Diabetes Meeting. The details are mentioned below. This meeting is being hosted by the Blackpool Diabetes Team. We also have a guest speaker, Professor Brian Frier, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, who will be speaking on the new DVLA guidance on driving in patients with diabetes. He has sat on the Advisory Panel for the DVLA and gave an informative talk at the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Meeting in Dubai in December.

North West Diabetes Meeting

Programme

3.00 – 3.30 pm Coffee

3.30 – 4.15 pm Driving and diabetes: how changes in EU regulations are affecting driving licences: Professor Brian Frier, Edinburgh

4.15 – 4.45 pm Gestational Diabetes & NICE Guidelines: Dr M Elrishi, Blackpool

4.45 – 5.00 pm Tea

5.00 – 5.30 pm The use of Insulin Pumps in Pregnancy: Dr Abu Ahmed, Blackpool

5.30 – 6.00 pm Diabetic Neuropathy & Management of Painful Neuropathy: Dr Rajbandhari, Chorley

6.00 – 6.30 pm Hypomagnesaemia & PPI: Dr J McKay, Blackpool

6.30 pm Dinner

I welcome you all to attend to support the NW diabetes Group and take part in interesting discussions and networking. We have some excellent speakers at the meeting and look forward to seeing you at the meeting.

Please indicate to Sarah from NovoNordisk Ltd. if you will be attending (Tel: 07803 234715, Email: SON[AT]novonordisk[DOT]com) or myself.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely,

This meeting has been supported administratively by Novo Nordisk Ltd who have sponsored the cost of room hire, catering for the meeting.