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Primary Care Clinical Practice Meetings


The Lothian Diabetes MCN Clinical Practice Meetings take place over lunchtime from 12:30-13:30 on the 4th Monday each month via MS Teams.
The 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 also provide an open clinic forum for colleagues to raise clinical queries and problems for discussion.

Please click on the tabs below to see the details for each session, there is no meeting 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.


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:Jay 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:Practice QI projects: sharing outcomes
Date:Monday 27th May 2024
Time:12:30-13:30
Speaker:Iain Macintyre
Topic:CKD in Diabetes
Date:Monday 24th June 2024
Time:12:30-13:30
Speaker:Anna Noble & Catriona Templeton/Sam Abushal
Topic:Diabetes care in the Community – a holistic approach

No meeting in July.

Date:Monday 26th August 2024
Time:12:30-13:30
Speaker:More details coming soon!
Topic:More details coming soon!
Date:Monday 23rd September 2024
Time:12:30-13:30
Speaker:More details coming soon!
Topic:More details coming soon!
Date:Monday 28th October 2024
Time:12:30-13:30
Speaker:More details coming soon!
Topic:More details coming soon!
Date:Monday 25th November 2024
Time:12:30-13:30
Speaker:More details coming soon!
Topic:More details coming soon!

No meeting in December.