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Supporting a Therapeutic Patient Alliance for Better Self-Management and Care in Diabetes


  • Leicester Diabetes Centre, Leicester (map)

You are invited to attend this two day inaugural meeting at the Leicester Diabetes Centre on the 23rd and 24th September 2015

Conference Aims

  • To bring together leading health care professionals and lay personnel alike from the field of self-management and diabetes

  • To showcase the ever-growing nationally recognised programmes for diabetes self-care

  • To promote the work of health organisations and staff from across the globe in supporting diabetes self-management

  • To get “buy-in” from leading professionals to rejuvenate the idea of an annual conference in the field of therapeutic patient education/self-management in diabetes

Keynote International Speaker

Professor Bob Anderson Ed.D. Professor Emeritus Department of Learning Health Sciences Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research

Bob Anderson is an educational psychologist who has been working in diabetes for over 35 years. His major interests are developing and evaluating innovative programs of patient and professional education, the patient empowerment approach to diabetes care, and culturally appropriate programs of diabetes care and education.