Endocrine Abstracts

In individuals living with type 2 diabetes, exercise is a method of improving body composition and glycaemic control. Studies have shown that aerobic and resistance training interventions decrease total and regional adiposity, including visceral fat, and reduce glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). There is, however, stark inter-individual variability in responses to training: some individuals display substantial improvements in body composition and glycaemic control, whilst others do...

With the increasing prevalence of diabetes and the complexity and landscape of diabetes therapies updating regularly, there is a need for care processes to adapt to meet the needs of all groups - so that expertise can be offered and delivered to the entire diabetes population in the right place, at the right time. This session focuses on the structuring and setting up of diabetes care at a local level and suggested steps in how to establish and evolve the community service to ...

In Scotland, a standardised electronic health record (Scottish Care Information-Diabetes (SCI-diabetes)) has been in use for patient care in diabetes since the late 1990s, gaining nationwide coverage by mid-2000s. The record uses a unique healthcare identifier, the Community Health Index (CHI) number, which is also used on all other administrative health datasets in Scotland. SCI-Diabetes dashboards provide summary information enabling clinical teams to evaluate achievement in...