King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme

King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme
ORTUS Conferencing and Events Venue, London, 5 CPD hours
Tue 12 Nov 2024 08:30-17:00

Following the success of the King’s Health Partners Hybrid Closed Loop Programme held earlier in 2024, we were delighted to announce this advanced agenda. 

Taking your understanding of hybrid closed loop to the next level

This advanced hybrid closed loop programme with King's Health Partners, was free to attend for NHS professionals, facilitated by Dr Sufyan Hussain and Geraldine Gallen, and organised by SBK Events. 

Face-to-face training: 5 CPD hours

By delving into the detail of data interpretation using case study examples and complex cases, this forum investigated the impact of Hybrid Closed Loop on:

  • Exercise
  • Gastroparesis
  • Haemodialysis
  • Visual issues
  • Dexterity issues
  • Managing sickness and steroid management
  • Pregnancy

Delivered by King's Health Partners

With thanks to our industry partners:

SBK Healthcare would like to thank Abbott, Advanced Therapeutics (UK), Air Liquide, Insulet, maker of Omnipod, Medtronic and Mylife Diabetescare for sponsoring this unique forum.

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"Good to have all pump reps at the same event – able to compare and contrast"
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
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"Very interesting to learn about the different technologies"
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
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"All the sponsors were excellent"
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
08.30
Registration
09.00
Introduction and general overview
Dr Sufyan Hussain, Diabetes & Endocrine Physician at Guy's & St Thomas', Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, King's College London and Geraldine Gallen, Type 1 Service Lead, Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, King's College London
09.20
1 year on: Where are we now and what challenges are you facing?
Geraldine Gallen and Dr Sufyan Hussain
09.50
Data interpretation
Dr Sufyan Hussain and Geraldine Gallen
10.50
Refreshment break
11.10
Update on Insulin pump systems and HCL
  • DANA i Insulin Pump
  • FreeStyle Libre
  • MiniMed 780G system
  • mylife Loop
  • Omnipod
  • T:slim X2
12.20
HCL and exercise
Anita Beckwith, Clinical Lead Dietitian (Diabetes), King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
1.00
Lunch break
1.50
Inpatient/managing sickness and steroid management
Emma Whight, Diabetes Specialist Nurse, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
2.30
Managing complex cases with HCL
  • Gastroparesis
  • Haemodialysis
  • Visual issues and dexterity issues
  • Clinic and service structure for complex cases
Siobhan Pender, Rebecca Hyslop and Thomas Johnston, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
3.45
Refreshment break
4.00
Pregnancy and diabetes
Helen Rogers, Diabetes Nurse Consultant, King’s College Hospital
4.45
Questions and answers, and evaluation
5.00
Close of meeting


This Diabetes Healthcare Professional training was facilitated by Dr Sufyan Hussain and Geraldine Gallen at King’s Health Partners. 

With thanks to the speakers:

Dr Sufyan Hussain

Diabetes & Endocrine Physician and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London

Geraldine Gallen

Type 1 Service Lead, Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse
King's College London

Anita Beckwith

Clinical Lead Dietitian (Diabetes)
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Emma Whight

Diabetes Specialist Nurse
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Helen Rogers

Diabetes Nurse Consultant
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Siobhan Pender

Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Rebecca Hyslop

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
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Thomas Johnston

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Who came?

Facilitation by King’s Health Partners, this HCL programme was designed for Diabetes Service Leads, Consultants in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurses and Diabetes Specialist Nurses.

Attendee feedback

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“It has definitely improved my knowledge on HCL. Great discussions on different scenarios“
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
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“Very informative, actually targeted towards patient care, not just statistics“
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
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“The day did meet my expectations. I will apply the learning in clinic and disseminate“
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
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“Excellent, very well considered to enable the novice to expert to learn and improve knowledge“
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
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“Really engaging and interesting day covering so many aspects to consider around HCL“
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024
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“Excellent, high-quality education for HCPs“
- King’s Health Partners Advanced Hybrid Closed Loop Programme, November 2024

Past attendee feedback

This advanced conference was created following the success of King’s Health Partners Hybrid Closed Loop Programme which was held twice in the first half of 2024. Here is some of the positive feedback we have received from past attendees:

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“I feel more confident and more motivated. Really enjoy being around other HCPs with similar interests and passions.”
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, January 2024
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“Such a great overview of HCL – lots of information and ideas to share with colleagues.”
- Barts Health NHS Trust, January 2024
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“Well thought out variety of lectures/small tutorials/hands on patient contact – pitched at a good level and plenty of resources to learn more.”
- The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, January 2024
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“An insightful, useful and much needed collaborative venture between medical expertise and industry. Simply wonderful!”
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, April 2024
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“Improved confidence with functionality of different HCL pumps, algorithms, considerations and analysis of data.”
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust, April 2024
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“Excellent, practical and enjoyed patient expert sessions.”
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, April 2024

Adding their unique perspectives, we are pleased to welcome our industry partners

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.





Supporting over 40,000 people living with diabetes around the world, Air Liquide Healthcare is the authorised distributor of Tandem Diabetes Care’s innovative t:slim X2™ Insulin Pump. The latest version of the t:slim X2™ features Control-IQ™ - advanced hybrid closed-loop technology designed to help increase time in range.





mylife Loop is an automated insulin delivery system that runs from your smartphone, linking the mylife YpsoPump insulin pump, the mylife CamAPS FX algorithm and the choice of either the Dexcom G6 or FreeStyle Libre 3 Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System. mylife Loop i


The ACE (Alternate Controller Enabled) Dana-I Insulin Pump offered by ATUK, features the unique ability to securely connect to a smartphone via ultra-low energy Bluetooth to facilitate fast and reliable insulin management via the user or artificial pancreas algorithm.




Medtronic innovate solutions that treat more than 70 health conditions, from Parkinson’s to diabetes. Their healthcare technologies transform the lives of two people every second.




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


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