Thinking Beyond Glycaemia: NICE Guideline Update Type 2 Diabetes in Adults

Dr Kevin Fernando

FRCGP FRCP Edin FAcadMEd MSc Diabetes

Symposium Speaker - Dr Ahmed Iqbal

Wednesday 25 February 2026

Start Time: 19:30 | Finish Time: 21:30

2 hours CPD

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This meeting has been organised by MediConf and sponsored through funding by Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd.

Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd has had no involvement in the organisation of this meeting with the exception of the sponsored symposium, for which Daiichi Sankyo UK Ltd is fully responsible.

Dr Fernando’s sessions are completely independent of external sponsorship.

Learning Objectives

Key take-home messages from the recently updated NICE Guideline: Type 2 Diabetes in Adults (2025).

NICE finally published their Type 2 Diabetes in Adults: management (medicines update) during early February 2026. This guideline will make several practice-changing recommendations to align NICE with international T2D guidance and ultimately help improve the lives of people living with type 2 diabetes.

Agenda

19:30 - 20:15

Session 1 - Dr Kevin Fernando

Individualised care
Education
Dietary Advice
Bariatric Surgery

20:15 - 20:45

Meet the Speakers

Dr Kevin Fernando

FRCGP FRCP Edin FAcadMEd MSc Diabetes

GP with Specialist Interest in Diabetes/CVRM & Medical Education

Kevin is a portfolio GP (NHS & private) near Edinburgh. He is also Content Advisor for WebMD Medscape Global & UK and Honorary Clinical Reader at the University of Dundee. He is cofounder of CVRMUK which aims to empower HCPs to take a person-centred approach to managing CVRM conditions and drive a new model of specialty training and care delivery in the CVRM space.

Kevin is a regular keynote speaker at small and large-scale education events throughout the UK & Ireland and abroad on a range of topics.

Kevin is an accomplished medical writer, and his articles distil key guidelines and consensus for primary care as well as summarise congress highlights and breaking research and its applicability to primary care.

Kevin is renowned for creating concise clinical aide memoirs, MedScape - Primary Care Hacks to make life easier for HCPs and ultimately to improve the lives of our patients.

Kevin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2000 and holds both MRCGP and MRCP(UK) qualifications and has completed a Master’s degree in diabetes which he passed with distinction. Kevin is also SCOPE certified in obesity management.

Kevin has been elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and also the Academy of Medical Educators for his work in diabetes and medical education.

“When you learn, teach, when you get, give.” Maya Angelou 1928-2014

Symposium Speaker
Dr Ahmed Iqbal

Dr Ahmed Iqbal is a Senior Clinical Lecturer (Associate Professor equivalent) at the University of Sheffield and an Honorary Consultant in Diabetes at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. He graduated with distinction from Newcastle University and completed integrated clinical-academic training in Diabetes and Endocrinology in Bristol and Sheffield.

He holds a PhD funded by an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship, focusing on hypoglycaemia and cardiovascular risk. Clinically, Dr Iqbal specialises in problematic hypoglycaemia, advanced diabetes technologies, adolescent diabetes care and cardiovascular diabetology.

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Wednesday 25 February 2026

Start Time: 19:30 | Finish Time: 21:30

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