Designed for healthcare professionals working with people living with frailty and type 1 diabetes
Through expert insight and practical discussion, attendees learned how to identify and assess frailty, apply individualised HbA1c targets, and take a more proactive approach to supporting people living with frailty and Type 1 diabetes. The course was designed to build confidence in using diabetes technology, understanding the diversity of frailty, and supporting people living with cognitive impairment. It also equipped participants with practical strategies to support carers, improve collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, and enhance day-to-day clinical assessment and decision-making.
Improve patient outcomes
Practical strategies to assess frailty and personalise diabetes care
Attendees strengthened their confidence and gained actionable approaches to deliver safer, more personalised and proactive care. Key learning outcomes included improving outcomes through frailty assessment, applying individualised HbA1c targets, delivering proactive care, working effectively within a flexible multidisciplinary team, building confidence in the use of diabetes technology, upskilling teams to support Hybrid Closed Loop systems, managing diabetes alongside cognitive impairment, and empowering carers to support the use of diabetes technology.
Convenient remote learning
4.5 CPD hours to build your practical confidence
Designed as an interactive and practical learning experience, this dedicated training course equipped attendees with the knowledge, tools and strategies to drive meaningful change. Participants joined online to connect with like-minded professionals from across the country, took part in interactive benchmarking discussions to explore current awareness and practice across teams, asked critical questions and gained guidance from the training leaders, and left with an action plan to help implement improvements immediately within their own practice.
| 9.30 |
Registration, technical support and networking opportunity
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| 10.00 |
Introduction, instructions and course leaders opening remarks
Katie Hards, Diabetes Nurse Specialist, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Jonathan Golding, Specialist Registrar in Diabetes and Endocrinology and Clinical Research Fellow, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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| Frailty assessment and monitoring | |
| 10.10 |
Frailty and diabetes: understanding the challenge
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| 10.40 |
Integrating frailty assessments into routine diabetes care
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| 11.10 |
Questions and answers with your course leaders
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| 11.20 |
Interactive discussion: Enhancing patient outcomes through frailty assessment
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| 11.40 |
Screen break
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| Improving frailty management - general principles | |
| 11.50 |
Understanding the diversity in diabetes management for people living with frailty and type 1 diabetes
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| 12.20 |
Questions and answers with your course leaders
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| 12.30 |
Case based interactive discussion: Supporting a change in mindset for frailty management and Type 1 diabetes
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| 12.50 |
Lunch break
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| Navigating diabetes in cognitive impairment | |
| 1.20 |
Supporting people living with cognitive impairment and type 1 diabetes
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| 1.50 |
Questions and answers with your course leaders
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| 2.00 |
Case based interactive discussion: Supporting people living with frailty and carers in diabetes technology use
Work through real-world examples and put your learning and knowledge into practice
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| 2.30 |
Screen break
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| Hybrid Closed Loop systems in frailty | |
| 2.40 |
Optimising technology use for people living with frailty
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| 3.10 |
Adapting technology for safe management with frailty
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| 3.40 |
Final questions and answers with your course leader
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| 3.50 |
Close of day
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Expert workshop leaders
Practical guidance
This was a unique forum packed with examples of best practice, novel ideas and expert advice from:
Katie Hards
Diabetes Nurse Specialist
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Jonathan Golding
Specialist Registrar in Diabetes and Endocrinology and Clinical Research Fellow
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Audience insight
This workshop was designed for healthcare professionals looking to build confidence in identifying and managing frailty in diabetes care. We saw attendance from the likes of:
- Consultant Diabetologists
- Diabetes Nurses and Specialist Nurses
- Diabetes Specialist Dietitians
- Diabetes Dietitians
- Diabetes Insulin Pump Co-ordinators
- Consultants in Diabetes and General Medicine
- Consultants in Diabetes and Endocrine
If you have a team that is 30 people or more, you can have a bespoke workshop delivered online to your team alone. Please contact Sarah Kemm or telephone 01732 897788.
Past attendee feedback
You asked and we delivered! With an increase in requests for further training and development courses focussing on frailty management in Type 1 diabetes, this course was specially designed to meet your needs. Take a look at how much past attendees have enjoyed our diabetes training:
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