Bev is an ANP and prescriber working in general practice in Gloucestershire.  She has a special interest in long-term conditions, including diabetes, chronic kidney disease (CKD), cardiovascular disease, and heart failure.  She is a Council Member for the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, with particular responsibility for diabetes and CKD, and is Editor in Chief of Practice Nurse Journal.  She has contributed to national CVD working groups, is a regular speaker at national conferences and has authored articles on the management of long-term conditions.  Bev has developed and delivered accredited modules in cardiorenal metabolic disease for organisations such as the Open University and is a PhD researcher with Edinburgh Napier University.

David is a retired GP from Bridgnorth Medical Practice, Shropshire where he had responsibility for diabetes within the Practice. More recently he retired as a Specialist Doctor in Diabetes at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. David continues to work as an Undergraduate Clinical Tutor at Keele University and examiner at Aston University.

Since retiring as a GP, David has made several visits as a volunteer to a health clinic in rural Tanzania, providing advice on the running of a diabetes clinic. He has also participated with Virtual Doctors – a charitable on-line advice service for Health Care workers in Zambia and Malawi.

Diabetes education is an issue about which David feels very passionate. For many years he has contributed articles to a number of journals, led teaching sessions and given presentations on diabetes (most commonly to primary care audiences).

Linda Nazarko. MSc, PgDip, PgCert, BSc (Hons), RN, ANP, NIP, OBE, FRCN Linda trained as a Registered Nurse at Kings College Hospital in London and was educated at London South Bank University. She has specialised in the care of older people throughout her career, working across hospital, community and care home settings. She worked as a Consultant Nurse for 24 years and retired from full time practice in May 2024. Linda now combines part time clinical practice with teaching and writing. She is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Independent Nurse and the consultant editor of the British Journal of Healthcare Assistants and writes a blog for Nursing Times. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing.