The 9th Annual DAFNE Collaborative meeting was held in Manchester on 10 June 2011.  The meeting was well represented with 140 delegates attending from 61 of the 77 DAFNE centres in the UK and Ireland.  There were also representatives from Kuwait (DAFNE Q8) and Australia (Oz DAFNE), Central DAFNE, DAFNE Research Group, Diabetes UK, DAFNE User Action Group (DUAG) and DAFNE User Group (DUG).

A delegate list can be obtained from Central DAFNE upon request - email dafne@nhct.nhs.uk or telephone 0191 2934115.

Dr Helen Hopkinson, from Glasgow, was introduced as the new Chair of the DAFNE Executive Board, taking over from Prof Stephanie Amiel from King's College London who had chaired the group since 2005.

 

There were 4 presentations delivered during the morning session:

DAFNE Myths and Misconceptions: Lessons learnt from Audit

Presented by Carolin Taylor, DSN, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, member of DAFNE Executive Board and Chair of DAFNE Educator Group.   Presentation currently unavailable.

Database

Presented by Dr Peter Mansell, QMC Nottingham, Chair of the DAFNE Clinical and Research Group.  The presentation included research data which the Research Group hope to publish, therefore we are unable to provide the presentation as a download.

New Technologies - DAFNE and Pump Therapy

Presented by Dr Jackie Elliot, Clinical Lecturer in Diabetes, University of Sheffield.  The presentation included research data which the Research Group hope to publish, therefore we are unable to provide the presentation as a download.

Results of the Irish DAFNE Study

Presented by Dr Sean Dinneen, University College Hospital, Galway, on behalf of the Irish DAFNE Study Group.  The presentation included research data which the Irish DAFNE Research Group hope to publish, therefore we are unable to provide the presentation as a download.


Last Updated: 17/06/2011