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, the day we hold the Clinical Practice Meetings will be changing. Meetings will now 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
2024
| Date: | Monday 22nd January 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Hamish Foster / Sara Jenks |
| Topic: | CVD prevention strategies in areas of deprivation / Information on Lothian roll out of HbA1c as a main diagnostic test for diabetes in adults |
| Date: | Monday 26th February 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Janet Swann (LUCS) / Mark Strachan / Jill Little / Community DSNs |
| Topic: | Diagnostic Dilemmas Part 1: Euglycaemic Ketoacidosis / Ketone testing and interpretation of results in Primary Care & New Community Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSN) Referral Guidance |
| Date: | Monday 25th March 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Mark Strachan / Suzy Scarlett |
| Topic: | Diagnostic Dilemmas Part 2: Variation in MODY diagnosis and C-Peptide testing / Case Study: Haemoglobin variant |
| Date: | Monday 22nd April 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Michelle Downer / Sam Abushal |
| Topic: | Showcasing Quality Improvement in Lothian Part 1: SGLT2 Inhibitors and Pre-pregnancy counselling/Exploring HbA1c pilot in NW practice. |
| Date: | Monday 27th May 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Iain Macintyre / Jo Rose |
| Topic: | Cardiorenal Metabolic Series Part 1: CKD in Diabetes / Cautionary Tales (Case Studies) |
| Date: | Monday 24th June 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Anna Noble / Catriona Templeton |
| Topic: | Showcasing Quality Improvement in Lothian Part 2: Diabetes in the Community – a broader approach / Improving completion of 9 Processes of Diabetes Care in Whinpark Medical Practice |
No meeting in July.
| Date: | Monday 26th August 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Kevin Fernando / Scott Taylor / Katie Miles / Sarah Wild |
| Topic: | Cardiorenal Metabolic Series Part 2: A session on MASLD / My Diabetes and Me research study / GLP1 & Insulin shortages update / Diabetes Survey |
| Date: | Monday 23rd September 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Dr Louise O’Dowd / Katharine Dunn |
| Topic: | Type 2 Diabetes and Gum Disease |
| Date: | Monday 28th October 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Catriona Kyle and Emily McMurray |
| Topic: | Showcasing Quality Improvement in Lothian: Part 3 |
| Date: | Monday 25th November 2024 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Sheena Fraser/Marcus Lyall |
| Topic: | Diabetes and the Microbiome/ New prescribing algorithm and update on tirzepatide |
No meeting in December.
2025
| Date: | Wednesday 22nd January 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Professor Mark Strachan |
| Topic: | Diabetes and Driving / Medicolegal Case Studies |
| Date: | Wednesday 26th February 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
| Topic: | Lessons from Mortality and Morbidity (M&M) |
| Date: | Wednesday 26th March 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Kevin Fernando |
| Topic: | Cardiorenal Metabolic Series Part 3: Lipid management in Diabetes |
| Date: | Wednesday 23rd April 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | Sara Jenks |
| Topic: | Cardiorenal Metabolic Series Part 3: Biomedical features of metabolic syndrome |
| Date: | Wednesday 28th May 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
| Topic: | TBC |
| Date: | Wednesday 25th June 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
| Topic: | TBC |
No meeting in July.
| Date: | Wednesday 27th August 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
| Topic: | TBC |
| Date: | Wednesday 24th September 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
| Topic: | TBC |
| Date: | Wednesday 29th October 2025 (fifth week in October due to school holidays) |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
| Topic: | TBC |
| Date: | Wednesday 26th November 2025 |
| Time: | 12:30-13:30 |
| Speaker: | TBC |
| Topic: | TBC |
No meeting in December.
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
