Approximately 33% of diabetes-related costs are linked to the treatment of foot ulcers, with patients having a lifetime risk of up to 25% for developing diabetic foot ulcerations. Managing these ulcers and infections requires a multidisciplinary approach, including monitoring, offloading, blood glucose control, advanced wound therapies, and revascularization for patients with poor circulation. Preventive care, such as regular foot checks, education on proper footwear, and lifestyle changes, is crucial. Infections should be treated promptly with antibiotics, and surgical intervention may be needed in severe cases. Early intervention and proper management can significantly reduce healthcare costs and improve patient outcomes.

Diabetes is a disease of complications, particularly cardiovascular disease. In this session, we discuss, in simple terms and using a case study based approach, how to recognise and reduce CVD risk in people living with diabetes. The session will include an overview of making choices about which medication to use, how to address raised blood pressure and what to do about lipids.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is the leading cause of preventable sight loss in adults of working age in the UK. People with DM are at increased risk of developing, cataracts, glaucoma diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy. Early detection of diabetes, managing diabetes well and avoiding damage caused by hyperglycaemia and screening programmes can reduce the risk of sight loss in people with diabetes. This presentation explains how diabetes increases the risk of visual problems, how risks can be reduced and how problems can be treated.

Helping our patients with lifestyle change can be confusing - what is effective, what isn’t? How impactful can lifestyle change be? How does it compare to medical management? In this session we will cover -how to use lifestyle change to optimise outcomes vs numbers -how our lifestyles impact our epigenome, chronic inflammation and microbiome to impact health outcomes -what are the highest impact lifestyle shifts, and how to fit these into your brief patient interaction.