Taking place across Tuesday 17th November and Wednesday 18th November 2026 in Birmingham, this EXTOD Healthcare Professionals National Conference will be delivered by EXTOD and organised by SBK Healthcare.
This unique forum will equip Diabetologists, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Resident Doctors, Dietitians and Paediatricians with the knowledge, inspiration, and practical understanding of how to support Type 1 patients to undertake safe and effective exercise.
Educational and informative
Now in its 10th year, this EXTOD National Conference offers two full days of valuable learning so that healthcare professionals can understand, manage and support people with Type 1 diabetes to undertake safe and effective exercise.
Providing current, evidence-based knowledge on managing Type 1 diabetes for exercise, this packed programme will maximise each attendee’s learning experience with presentations from experts in the field, interactive discussions and sessions led by people with T1D. These interactive and engaging two days will offer practical advice and clear strategies for healthcare professionals to use to support people with type 1 diabetes to undertake safe and effective exercise..
Attend as a delegate
The agenda for this insightful two-day training course is currently being developed. If you would like to receive the full programme, once it is confirmed, please use the 'Reserve Place' button above. We will then send you the final agenda and speaker line-up.
Alternatively, you are able to make a confirmed booking using the 'Book Place' button above.
We expect this dedicated conference will be very popular. If you are planning on attending, we encourage you to book or reserve a place as soon as possible. If you have any questions about attendance please email sophie.richardson@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.
CPD accredited
The EXTOD Healthcare Professionals National Conference will be applying for CPD credits from The Federation of the Royal College of Physicians and certificates will be provided to all attendees.
Also available in 2026
EXTOD: Next-Generation Exercise Solutions for Type 1 Diabetes
Friday 15th May 2026, Leonardo Hotel, Cheltenham
Built on the strong foundation of the National and Regional EXTOD conferences, this next-generation, research-driven meeting spotlights the innovations redefining exercise management in Type 1 Diabetes.
With thanks to the sponsors
We would like to thank Abbott DiabetesCare, Medtronic and Insulet, maker of Omnipod for sponsoring this unique forum.
Invitation to sponsor
If you would like to be part of these leading events attended by over 250 healthcare professionals in 2025, there are a limited number of sponsored presentation opportunities. Please email sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.
Feedback from EXTOD 2025
EXTOD faculty
The content of this interactive study day will be evidence based and delivered by members of the EXTOD faculty, plus additional speakers who are all experts in T1D and exercise including:
Giorgio Carrieri
Lead Nurse, Children's Diabetes Team
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Claire Foster
Diabetes Dietitian
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
John Pemberton
Diabetes Dietitian
Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Paul Coker
Diabetes Coach
Ross Mallen
Competitive Multi-discipline Cyclist
Monika Jakiel-Rusin
Specialist Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Florence Kinnafick
Reader in Physical Activity and Mental Health
Loughborough University
Dr Katie Hesketh
Assistant Professor in Exercise Prescription
University of Birmingham
Who came in 2025?
2025's EXTOD National Conference brought together over 180 attendees to Liverpool, each of whom benefitted from a unique and engaging learning environment. This forum illustrated the practicalities of managing exercise in individuals living with diabetes, with case study presentations and interactive scenarios.
We were joined by attendees with the following job titles:
- Advanced Dietetic Practitioner
- Advanced Dietetic Practitioner, Paediatric Diabetes
- Assistant Professor in Exercise Prescription
- Associate Nurse Specialist Diabetes
- Associate Professor, Consultant
- Associate Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology
- Associate Specialist
- Children's Diabetes Nurse
- Clinical Education Manager
- Clinical Educator
- Clinical Lead
- Clinical Lead for Adult Diabetes Services
- Clinical Lead Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian
- Clinical Midwife Specialist Training
- Clinical Specialist Paediatric/Adolescent Diabetes Dietitian
- Community Partnerships and Events Lead
- Consultant
- Consultant Diabetes and Endocrinology and General Medicine
- Consultant Diabetologist
- Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology
- Consultant in Diabetes and Acute General Medicine
- Consultant in Endocrinology & Diabetes
- Consultant Paediatrician
- Consultant Paediatrician with diabetes interest
- Consultant Physician
- Customer Service Specialist
- Diabetes Dietitian
- Diabetes & Endocrinology Registrar
- Diabetes Clinical Specialist Nurse
- Diabetes CNS
- Diabetes Dietitian
- Diabetes Dietitian & Insulin Pump Educator
- Diabetes Educator Nurse Facilitator
- Diabetes Fellow
- Diabetes Network Manager
- Diabetes Research Unit and Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Service Lead
- Diabetes Specialist Dietitian
- Diabetes Specialist Nurse
- Diabetes Specialist Practitioner
- Diabetes Specialty Doctor
- Diabetes Training and Education Specialist
- Healthcare Engagement and Systems Change Manager
- Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse
- Lead Nurse, Children's Diabetes Team
- Lead Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian
- Lead PDSN
- Lead Pump Diabetes Specialist Nurse
- NHS Engagement Officer
- Nurse Practitioner (Diabetes Lead)
- Paediatric Consultant
- Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Dietitian
- Patient with lived experience
- Reader in Physical Activity and Mental Health
- Regional Medical Manager
- Regional Sales Manager
- Registered Nurse and Diabetes Lead
- Resident Doctor
- Senior Diabetes Account Specialist
- Senior Diabetes Dietitian
- Senior Dietitian
- Senior Regional Medical Advisor
- Specialist Diabetes Dietitian
- Specialist Diabetes Dietitian - Children and Young people
- Specialist Diabetes Nurse
- Specialist Dietitian
- Specialist Dietitian, Diabetes/Sport & Exercise Medicine
- Specialist Paediatric Dietitian RD
- ST5 Paediatric Registrar
- Technical Consultant
- Territory Manager
- Young Person and Technology Lead
- Youth Worker
From these organisations:
- Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Breakthrough T1D
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin
- Cornwall Healthcare Trust
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Diabetes UK
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
- HSC
- HSE
- Imperial College Healthcare Trust
- Lansdowne Surgery
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Loughborough University
- Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
- NHS Grampian
- NHS Lanarkshire
- NHS Lothian
- NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
- North Cumbria Integrated Care
- North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Northern Health & Social Care Trust
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Free NHS Trust
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
- Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust
- Southern Health Social Care Trust
- St George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- St James's University Hospital
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Students Health Service
- Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Tabuk University
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Université de Montréal, Canada
- University College London Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
- University of Exeter Medical School
- Vernova Healthcare CIC
- Walsall Manor Hospital
- Warrington & Halton Hospital
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Western Health & Social Care Trust
- Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Wrightington Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
Attendee feedback
EXTOD National Conference has taken place since 2017, providing attendees with knowledge, inspiration, and a practical understanding of how to support Type 1 patients to undertake safe and effective exercise. Over 1,300 people have benefited from this unique education to-date, and here are just a few quotes from their experience at EXTOD 2025 forums:
Two-day education forum
- £335 + VAT - two day price for consultants and registrars
- £295 + VAT - two day price for resident doctors
- £245+VAT - two day price for nurses and dietitians
We expect this conference will be very popular and so if you are planning on attending, we would encourage you to book or reserve a place as soon as possible. If you have any questions about attendance please email sophie.richardson@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.
Commercial companies are invited to sponsor this conference, please email sarah.kemm@sbk-healthcare.co.uk for details.
*The EXTOD Healthcare Professionals National Conference 2026 will be applying for CPD Credits from the Federation of the Royal College of Physicians and certificates will be provided to all attendees
Venue and travel
Venue: Birmingham Conference & Events Centre
Address: Hill Street, Birmingham, B5 4EW
Telephone: 0121 634 6211
Ideally located just a one-minute walk from Birmingham New Street station, with direct access to Birmingham International Airport in under ten minutes, the BCEC is the perfect venue for regional, national and international events.
Train – Opposite
Birmingham New Street, main train station
Grand Central Station
(Southside exit)
Exit at Southside exit
Follow the steps down to the
traffic lights and cross the road
To the right is a second set
of traffic lights, cross the road and head to the left
Walk left, past the NCP St
Jude’s open air car park
The BCEC is located just on
the right-hand side (next to NCP open air car park/Holiday Inn Birmingham City)
Driving - SAT NAV - B5 4EW
From the North- exit the M6
motorway at junction 6 and follow the signs for the A38 – Birmingham City
Centre
From the South west- exit the
M5 motorway at junction 3 and follow the signs for A456, Hagley Road
From the South- exit the M40
onto the M42 heading north, following signposts for the NEC and Birmingham
Airport. Exit the M42 at Junction 6 and follow signs for the A45
Birmingham Airport and City Centre.
Parking
NCP – St Jude’s passage B5
4AN
Discounted rate £13.95 for 24
hours (normal price is £32 for 24 hours)
Please collect a ticket when
you enter the car park and then on your departure hand the ticket in at the
Holiday Inn reception to make payment and they will provide you with an exit
ticket that you can use to leave the NCP.
What happens next?
Once you have booked your place, SBK Healthcare will correspond with you using the email address you provided at the time of booking and you will be sent a formal confirmation. If you have not received this within 48 hours of making your booking please check your junk folder and then email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk or call 01732 897788.
Approximately
one week prior to the conference you will be sent an email which will
include all the final details for attendance on the day, including a
final agenda and venue information.
Please inform us by writing to bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk if you have any special dietary or other requirements.
Terms and conditions
Registration fees
You
will be sent an instant payment option or invoice on registration. Your
payment is required in advance. If your fee has not been received prior
to the event, and you are not able to provide a PO or proof of payment,
you will be asked to make a credit or debit card payment on the day.
Modify registration
To let us know if your details are not correct when you have already registered, please email bookings@sbk-healthcare.co.uk.
Cancellations and substitutions
A
full refund of fees will be made only for cancellations received within
the first 48 hours of the booking being made. Notice of cancellation
must be received in writing by emailing the bookings team at SBK
Healthcare. Should you need to cancel your registration after this date,
the registration fee remains payable in its entirety although a
substitution will be accepted and conference documentation will be
provided. Substitution attendees for delegates unable to attend after
registering are acceptable at any time.
Conference changes
It
may be necessary for reasons beyond the control of the conference
organisers to alter the content, speakers or the timing of the
programme. We will endeavour to keep you abreast of such changes but any
unavoidable change to the format will not constitute a reason to refund
the fee. Should the event be postponed, we will endeavour to reschedule
the event. If, for reasons beyond the control of the conference
organiser, the event is cancelled, a full refund will be made. We do not
accept any liability for any incurred costs resulting from a
postponement or cancellation.
Certificate of attendance
A
certificate for Continuing Professional Development will be given to
every attendee, as a record of continuing professional training and
development.
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Upcoming events:
These events are delivered by EXTOD, organised by SBK Healthcare.
EXTOD HCP: Fundamentals in Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes
One-training event to equip healthcare professionals who are new to the topic or looking for a refresher
Friday 15th May, Leonardo Hotel, Cheltenham, 9.00-5.00
A core clinical programme designed to support the next generation of healthcare professionals with practical, evidence-based fundamentals in exercise and Type 1 diabetes care.
EXTOD Research: Type 1 Diabetes and Exercise Research Summit
The first national meeting to share active research, identify gaps and
strengthen collaboration
Friday 15th May, Leonardo Hotel, Cheltenham, 9.00-5.00
This conference will be taking place at the same time and sharing the same networking space as EXTOD HCP: Fundamentals in Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes.
The co-location creates valuable crossover time for researchers and HCPs to:
- Network during breaks
- Visit the same exhibition stands and posters
- Share real-world challenges and identify research gaps
- Strengthen translational research by aligning studies with clinical need
Confirmed sponsors

Abbott’s Diabetes Care Division is committed to helping people manage their diabetes and achieve their best health outcomes with innovative technology, such as the FreeStyle Libre 2 system.

Insulet Corporation, is an innovative medical device company dedicated to simplifying life for people with diabetes. The Omnipod DASH® System and Omnipod 5® Automated Insulin Delivery System, are alternatives to traditional insulin delivery. With its simple, tubeless and waterproof* design, the Pod provides up to 3 days of continuous insulin delivery. *The Pod has a waterproof IP28 rating for up to 7.6 m for 60 min
Medtronic. Groundbreaking healthcare technology solutions for the most complex and challenging conditions. Inspiring hope and new possibility in people all over the world.
Why sponsor?
Our role at SBK Events is to bring industry together with healthcare professionals so that you can educate and inform your audience. These trail-blazing diabetes delivery forums offering dedicated presentation, Q&A, networking and discussion time, each sponsor will be full immersed into the event and able to effectively engage with your NHS audience.
Your event, managed by us
SBK Events also provides in-house forums. Working closely with you as the client we can research, produce, market and deliver the conference or online forum that best suits the audience and meets your goals.
Reach out today
If you would like more information on our sponsorship options an in-house forum or if you wish to discuss your needs and what solutions may be appropriate for your business, please contact:
Sarah Kemm
Telephone: 01732 897788
Email: sarah.kemm@sbk-events.co.uk

Supported by:
SBK Healthcare would like to thank Breakthrough T1D and Diabetes UK for their continued support.

Breakthrough T1D, the leading global type 1 diabetes charity, works every day to help people live better with the condition, prevent people ever developing it and one day, find cures.
Diabetes UK, the leading charity for people living with diabetes in the UK. Our vision is a world where diabetes can do no harm.


