The South East Coast and London team offers free online and in-person events on useful and interesting topics for people living with or at risk of diabetes.
See our upcoming events below. Keep watching this space or follow us on social media for the latest updates.
Upcoming dates:
Tuesday 23 January 2024 6.30 - 8.00 pm Online | Diabetes and the Menopause We will be joined by Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse Anne Eltringham Cox from West Kent Primary Care, who will be discussing the menopause - how it affects your experience of living with diabetes and what you can do about it |
Past online events
| Tuesday 17 October 2023 | Diabetes and Kidneys - available on YouTube. Dr Hellena Habte-Asres (Lead Clinical Academic Research Nurse in Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease) and Andrew Freeman (Expert by Experience) |
| Wednesday 19 July 2023 | Keep On Movin:' Diabetes, travel and driving - available on YouTube Dr Mayank Patel (Consultant in Diabetes) |
| Wednesday 5 July 2023 | Keep On Movin:' Diabetes, travel and driving (young travellers) - available on YouTube Dr Mayank Patel (Consultant in Diabetes), Aimee Burns and Katie Smith (Young Leaders for Diabetes UK) |
| Tuesday 11 October 2022 | Your Feet and Diabetes - available on YouTube Dr Hema Heffernan MD(Res) FRCP, Consultant Physician, Nicola Evans, Podiatrist |
| Wednesday 28 September 2022 | How can I stay healthy this winter? - available on YouTube Dr Tehseen Khan - GP in Hackney and Clinical Director of Springfield Park Primary Care Network. He is also a senior clinical advisor on vaccination programmes |
| Thursday 14 July 2022 | Diabetes and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - available on YouTube Anita Beckwith - Clinical Lead Dietitian Diabetes and Fertility from Kings College Hospital, London |
| Wednesday 15 June 2022 | I know somebody with diabetes - how can I help? - available on YouTube Karen Davies - Senior Clinical Adviser, Diabetes UK & speakers with lived experiences |
| Tuesday 24 May 2022 | What to do when Diabetes gets too scary - available on YouTube Karen Pearson - Clinical Lead, Long Term Conditions Pathway & Perinatal Pathway, Health in Mind, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Steve Fagan - Senior Psychological Therapist, Brighton General Hospital Christopher Hutchins - Team Lead & CBT Therapist , DHC Talking Therapies |
| Tuesday 17 May 2022 | What to do when Diabetes gets you down - available on YouTube Karen Pearson - Clinical Lead, Long Term Conditions Pathway & Perinatal Pathway, Health in Mind, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Steve Fagan - Senior Psychological Therapist, Brighton General Hospital Christopher Hutchins - Team Lead & CBT Therapist , DHC Talking Therapies |
| Thursday 12 May 2022 | Sarah Gregory, Bsc (Hons), Msc Diabetes, Diabetes UK Clinical Champion, Clinical Lead, Community Diabetes Team |
| Tuesday 3 May 2022 | Busting Diabetes Myths in the South Asian Communities - available on YouTube Fareeha Jay, Dietitian |
| April 2022 | Diabetes and the importance of Eye-Screening - available on YouTube Tracy Nobes, the South West London Diabetes Eye Screening programme |
Tuesday 8 Feb 2022 | Diabetes and Dementia – a Challenging Journey - available on YouTube Dr Sen Kallumpuram, Consultant Psychiatrist, Luton Memory Services Dr Giuseppe Maltese, Consultant in Diabetes, Endocrinology, Acute and Geriatric Medicine, Epsom and St Helier University NHS Hospitals & Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Cardiovascular Division, School of Medicine - Kings College London |
| February 2022 | Diabetes and Preparing for Ramadan - available on YouTube Moulana Azizur Rahman and Dr Waqas Tahir |
| January 2022 | Diabetes and Preparing for Pregnancy - available on YouTube Dr Bobby Huda, Barts Health |
Tuesday 9 Nov 2021 | Maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) - available on YouTube Dr Ali Chakera,University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust |
| Tuesday 19 Oct 2021 | Online Cooking Demo: Healthy African Recipes (with Diverse Crawley) - available on YouTube Marilyn Le Feuvre, Diverse Crawley & Sarah Alicea, Diabetes Specialist Dietitian |
| Tuesday 19 Oct 2021 | Pre-conception and Pregnancy for People With Diabetes - available on YouTube Dr Aye Seint Naing MBBS. FRCP, Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology & Dr Rasha Mukhtar, Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology |
| October 2021 | Diabetes and Health Inequalities - available on YouTube Dr Louise Goff, King's College, and Mike Clark, Macmillan Cancer Support |
| Tuesday 28 Sept 2021 | Gestational Diabetes - available on YouTube Dr Ali Chakera, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust |
| September 2021 | Diabetes and Dementia - available on YouTube Jessica Rees - Research Fellow in ageing and multimorbidity, and Daniel Fredriksson - Dementia Support Worker, Alzheimer's Society |
| July 2021 | How exercise can help people with diabetes - available on YouTube Lavina Metha - personal trainer and Diabetes UK Ambassador |
| Wednesday 23 June 2021 | Samantha Mann, Consultant Ophthalmologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust |
| Wednesday 9 June 2021 | Type 2 diabetes and remission – from research to reality - available on YouTube Matt Hopkins, Outcome Programme Manager - Diabetes UK, Anna Morris, Assistant Director of Research Strategy and Partnerships, Diabetes UK, Douglas Twenefour, Deputy Head of Care, Diabetes UK, Alison Barnes (research dietitian for the DiRECT trial at Newcastle University) |
| June 2021 | Love Your Feet Part 2: Footcare and Diabetes - available on YouTube Dr Wing May Kong & other specialist podiatrists from the Central Middlesex Hospital |
| Wednesday 12 May 2021 | Diabetic Eye Screening: DESPerate times call for very different measures - available on YouTube Susanne Sorensen, Programme Manager - Surrey Diabetic Eye Screening Programme |
| May 2021 | How Food Can Help Treat Type 2 Diabetes - available on YouTube Professor Kevin Murphy |
| Wednesday 21 April 2021 | Healthy South Asian food for people with diabetes - available on YouTube Fareeha Jay, Dietitian |
| Thursday 15 April 2021 | Online cooking demonstration: a healthy South Asian menu - available on YouTube Parveen Khan, Diabetes UK Volunteer & Sarah Alicea, Diabetes Specialist Dietitian |
| April 2021 | Find out more about Diabetes Eye Screening - available on YouTube Louis Bolter - NE London Eye Screening programme |
| Monday 8 March 2021 | Looking after your feet and signs of when to seek help - available on YouTube Michelle Stafford, Clinical Lead for Diabetes Foot, South East Clinical Network |
| Thursday 4 March 2021 | Dr Binodh Chathanath, GP |
| March 2021 | Diabetes During Ramadan - available on YouTube Sheikh Mohammed Mahmoud and Dr Tahseen Chowdhury |
| Thursday 25 Feb 2021 | Dr Shiba Qamar, GP & Aqib Elahi, NDPP educator |
| Monday 22 Feb 2021 | Anne Eltringham Cox, Diabetes Specialist Nurse |
| Thursday 18 Feb 2021 | Anne Eltringham Cox, Diabetes Specialist Nurse |
| Wednesday 17 Feb 2021 | Diabetes and dementia - available on YouTube Miss Rutendo Muzambi: MPharm - from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Thursday 11 Feb 2021 | Karen Pearson, Deborah Barnett & Christopher Hutchins, Talking Therapies |
| Tuesday 9 Feb 2021 | Empowering those with type 1 diabetes - available on YouTube Dr Mayank Patel, Consultant in Diabetes |
| Monday 8 Feb 2021 | Eating well with diabetes - available on YouTube Nicky Mendoza, Diabetes Dietitian |
| Wednesday 3 Feb 2021 | Self-management: Empowering people with type 2 diabetes - available on YouTube Erwin Castro, Diabetes Nurse Consultant |
| February 2021 | Mental Health and Diabetes - available on YouTube Dr Amrit Sachar |
| Thursday 21 Jan 2021 | Living emotionally well with your diabetes - available on YouTube Karen Pearson, Deborah Barnett & Christopher Hutchins, Talking Therapies |
| November 2020 | Love Your Feet Part 1: Footcare and Diabetes - available on YouTube Dr Wing May Kong & other specialist podiatrists from the Central Middlesex Hospital |
