Achieving equity in access to diabetes technology | Diabetes Africa 2024 UK Forum

Are you ready to help break down the barriers to uptake of diabetes technology in UK Black populations? Listen back to this session to hear more about the challenge, discover practical solutions, learn about emerging approaches, and find out how you can make a difference.

Listen to our expert speakers Barbara Hudson (Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Raymond Ladele (GPwER in Diabetes, Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance), Dr Meera Ladwa (Clinical Lead for Type 1, Transition and Young Adult Diabetes, Newham University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust), and Dr Fulya Mehta (National Clinical Lead for Diabetes in Children and Young Adults, NHS England) as they discuss the role of technology in diabetes care, improving access to digital health solutions, addressing digital poverty, and ensuring equitable adoption of life-changing innovations for people living with diabetes.

The Diabetes Africa 2024 UK Forum 'Advancing Equity in Diabetes Care for Black Populations' is an opportunity for health and social care professionals, policymakers, researchers, and health commissioners to meet with one another, take stock of the activities happening around the UK, exchange knowledge and seek opportunities to work together to improve diabetes and related disease outcomes for people of Black heritage in the UK.

Disclaimer: The 2024 UK Forum is sponsored by AgaMatrix, A. Menarini Farmaceutica Internazionale SRL, Insulet, Eli Lilly and Company, Mölnlycke, and Novo Nordisk who have had no input into the topics discussed or the selection of speakers.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Dr Meera Ladwa introduction
05:48 - What are the aims and goals of access to technology?
11:15 - Barbara Hudson on the challenges she has seen with diabetes technology
15:27 - What has worked for Barbara Hudson's patients?
17:55 - What role does primary care play in equity in diabetes technology?
24:40 - Data is very important...
28:25 - Question & answers