Presentations in 2025
We were delighted to welcome Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield, Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Endocrinology at the University of Bristol, who delivered a compelling presentation on the management of obesity in childhood and adolescence and its links to the development of Type 2 diabetes. Professor Justin Warner, NPDA Clinical Lead, also provided an update on the latest NPDA results and key developments from the past year.
Emma Savage from RCPCH &Us shared powerful insights gathered from children and young people living with diabetes, emphasising their lived experiences and the importance of involving them in service design. Other presentations throughout the day explored key themes including poverty-proofing diabetes services, supporting the psychosocial needs of young people, improving care for ethnic minority groups, and the impact of team skill mix and transition support.
You can now view a recording of the NPDA National Conference 2025. You can find the conference agenda and links to all the presenters slide packs at the bottom of this page.
Presentations from previous conference
Links go to YouTube playlists.
NPDA National Conference 2024 - themes included international collaboration, data linkage, audit results, best practice examples, tackling health inequalities, and supporting young people through transition to adult services.
NPDA National Conference 2023 (link coming soon) - themes included: supporting diabetes management in schools, managing high HbA1c, diabetic retinopathy, and how use of a closed loop system impacted the parent of the child with diabetes, as well as the child.
NPDA National Conference 2021 - themes included: a review of the improvements made over 10 years of the NPDA, achieving excellent outcomes in a disadvantaged and diverse area; and reducing HbA1c in teens
NPDA National Conference 2020 - themes included: learning how to improve outcomes using lessons from international colleagues, spotlight audits, improving outlier status and more
NPDA National Conference 2019 - themes included: Type 1 diabetes management in the USA, effective use of carb counting and transition from paediatric to adult services
NPDA National Conference 2018 - focused on achieving improved health outcomes for children and young people with diabetes, including quality improvement
NPDA National Conference 2017 - themes included: data driven improvement, improvement through engagement and improvement through innovation