Professor Roger Gadsby
Dr Roger Gadsby set up a practice diabetes clinic in 1984 and has been speaking and writing about diabetes ever since. He has written four diabetes textbooks, ten textbook chapters and over 200 articles and papers.
He is an Associate Clinical Professor at Warwick Medical School. He developed, with others, Warwick Diabetes Care which was launched in November 2000 with a mission to become an internationally-recognised centre of excellence, delivering the highest standards of diabetes education, research, information and materials to improve the quality of diabetes care. Roger is Clinical Lead for the Diabetes Specialist Library for the National Library for Health (NLH). He was a founder member of the Primary Care Diabetes Society (PCDS) in the UK and was its treasurer from 2005-2008.
Roger has been a member of the development group for four clinical diabetes guidelines published by NICE in the UK. He was also a member of the guideline development group for the IDF global type 2 diabetes guideline published in September 2005.
He was awarded an MBE for ‘services to diabetes and the NHS’ in the Queen’s birthday honours list in June 2009.
Personal viewWill the NICE type 2 diabetes guidance meet expectations?
Professor Roger Gadsby reviews proposed updates to the NICE guideline on type 2 diabetes in adults and the areas of concern
- Personal view
Type 2 diabetes guidance: what does the future hold?
Professor Roger Gadsby discusses the major issues impacting on the pending revised NICE type 2 diabetes guidelines
- NICE quality standard article
Patients with diabetes should be at the centre of all parts of their care
Dr Roger Gadsby highlights how the NICE quality standard for diabetes will help to improve care in a number of areas, such as provision of education and initiation of insulin therapy
- Personal view
Newer agents are available for blood glucose control
Updated NICE guidance on using newer agents for glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes permits flexible treatment, says Dr Roger Gadsby
- Implementing guidelines
New guideline aids GP management of adults with type 1 diabetes
Recent NICE recommendations mean that primary care will have a greater role to play in the routine care of adults with type 1 diabetes, says Dr Roger Gadsby
- Implementing guidelines
NICE guideline will speed up detection of diabetic foot problems
New NICE recommendations for review of type 2 diabetes patients will improve early identification and management of foot problems, says Dr Roger Gadsby
- Personal view
Tackling diabetes locally: implementing the NSF
Dr Roger Gadsby assesses the likely impact on primary care of the delivery strategy for the Diabetes NSF
- Implementing guidelines
Do guidelines set realistic blood glucose targets?
A more pragmatic approach to glycaemic control would have made a useful guideline even better, says Dr Rober Gadsby
- Personal view
NSF for Diabetes needs proper funding
Dr Roger Gadsby argues that adequate resources will be crucial to successful implementation of the NSF diabetes standards
