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Fran Game Roger Pecoraro Award

Professor Fran Game awarded prestigious Roger Pecoraro accolade

We are proud to share that Professor Fran Game, Clinical Director in Research and Development and Consultant Diabetologist at UHDB, has received the 2024 American Diabetes Association (ADA) Roger Pecoraro Award for her significant contribution and research into Diabetes foot care. 

UHDB consultant Emma Wilmot is part of the Flash UK study

UHDB consultant's innovative research to help patients with diabetes

A UHDB consultant who wanted to be able to offer access to a lifechanging device for her patients with type 1 diabetes, has contributed to an innovative research study which has been hugely successful.

Emma Wilmot, Consultant Diabetologist, has been heavily involved in designing and delivering a multi-centre randomised controlled trial called Flash UK.

Burton Albion player

Burton Albion teams up with NHS to urge Black, Asian and Ethnic Minority people to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes

Burton Albion FC has teamed up with the NHS to get behind a special campaign urging black, asian and ethnic minority people to prevent or delay the onset of Type 2 diabetes.

The call out comes as we are reminded that black, asian and ethnic minority people are three times more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes than white people and that if left untreated, it can lead to blindness, kidney failure, loss of a limb and it also increases the risk of heart attack or stroke.

People living with diabetes face a significantly higher risk of dying with Covid-19 with nearly a third of deaths in the Staffordshire locality associated with the condition, according to local NHS statistics. However, better management of the condition can help improve control and lead to better outcomes.

member of diabetes team

Top results for children's diabetes team

Derbyshire Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes team have achieved their best ever results in the latest RCPCH National Paediatric Diabetes audit (NPDA) – helping to improve outcomes for children and young people with diabetes.