The Lothian Diabetes MCN Clinical Practice Meetings are aimed at Primary Care teams as a platform for education and are also an opportunity to showcase aspects of service and quality improvement and, provide an open clinic form for colleagues to raise clinical queries and problems for discussion.
Following feedback from our members, Clinical Practice Meetings will take place on the fourth Wednesday of each month (excluding July and December) over lunchtime from 12:30-1:30pm on MS Teams.
Please click on the tabs below to see the details for each session, there will be no meetings in July and December.
All sessions are recorded and are available in the Clinical Practice Meeting Teams Channel. For more information and to become a member please see the registration information below.
You can also find out about other Diabetes Education opportunities on our Professional Education Website by clicking here: Diabetes Professional Education – NHS Lothian | Staff
2026 Clinical Practice Meetings Programme
| Date: | Wednesday 28th January 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Dr Andrew Robertson |
| Topic: | Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Long term outcomes in Lothian and evidence for patients with Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| Date: | Wednesday 25th February 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Professor Mark Strachan & Dr Andrew Healey |
| Topic: | Type 3c Diabetes |
| Date: | Wednesday 25th March 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Professor Jason Gill |
| Topic: | Lifestyle Interventions for the Prevention and Management of Cardio-Metabolic Disease |
| Date: | Wednesday 22nd April 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Sarah Lindsay |
| Topic: | Food Insecurity and Type 2 Diabetes |
| Date: | Wednesday 27th May 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Dr Jonathan Malo & Dr Sara Jenks |
| Topic: | Lipid Guidelines |
| Date: | Wednesday 24th June 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
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No meeting in July.
| Date: | Wednesday 26th August 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
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| Date: | Wednesday 23rd September 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
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| Date: | Wednesday 28th October 2026 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
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| Date: | Wednesday 25th November 2026 |
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No meeting in December.
2025 Clinical Practice Meetings Summary
To request access to the 2025 Clinical Practice Meeting recordings, email loth.diabetesmcneducation@nhs.scot.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 22/01/25 | Dr Sheila Grecian | Lessons from M&M |
| 26/02/25 | Prof Mark Strachan | Driving and Diabetes |
| 26/03/25 | Dr Kevin Fernando | Cardiorenal Metabolic Series Part 3: Lipid Management in Diabetes |
| 23/04/25 | Dr Sara Jenks Dr Michelle Downer | Cardiorenal Metabolic Series Part 4: Biochemical Features of Metabolic Syndrome + Case Study |
| 28/05/25 | Dr Rohana Wright Dr Nick Payne | Showcasing Quality Improvement in Lothian: House of Care |
| 25/06/25 | Laurie Eyles | GLP-1s for Weight Loss |
| 27/08/25 | Dr Sheila Grecian | Diabetes: GLP-1s, Pregnancy, Contraception, and HRT |
| 24/09/25 | Hannah Waite | Developing a Lothian Diabetes Intelligence Framework: Using Data to Support Better Diabetes Care and Outcomes |
| 29/10/25 | Dr Emily McMurray Dr Anna Noble | Diabetes Care in Underserved Communities |
| 26/11/25 | Dr Suzy Scarlett | Lifestyle Medicine in Practice |
How to Register
If you work in primary care and have an interest in Diabetes care, you can register for our monthly education meetings by emailing loth.diabetesmcneducation@nhs.scot.
You will be added to a Microsoft Teams Channel were you will find meeting information, session recordings and previous session slides.
Case studies welcome!
If you wish to bring a case study to these meetings, please email susannah.scarlett@nhs.scot
