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MEMBERSHIPS, PAPERS, AUDIT, MEDIA

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CURRENTLY: GP (Principal), FY tutor, Supervisor to Medical Students, GP with Specialist interest in Diabetes Care, Clinical Lead in Diabetes (Prevention, Remission & Education) for NHSE Diabetes Clinical Network, North-West England.

PREVIOUSLY: Colne Family Doctors- GP partner—Feb 2015- Aug 2017; Locum GP, North West London & Norwich—May 2012- Feb 2015; GP Trainee, South Norfolk PCT—Feb 2009- May 2012; Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Medicine, Watford General Hospital, London—Feb 2006- Feb 2009; Locum Senior House Officer Medicine, (Location)—April 2003-Feb 2006.

Memberships

Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal Society of Medicine
Diabetes UK
EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
Primary Care Diabetes Society
British Medical Association
British International Doctors Association

Papers & Literature Search

Polypills for Cardiovascular and Stroke Prevention: A Miracle or a Mirage? A literature review, with emphasis on the clinical effectiveness, economics, safety and adherence issues of this strategy
Setting Up an Insulin Pump Service Locally: An Overview
A comparison of different classes of anti-hypertensives combined with ACE inhibitor for better control of BP and micro-albuminuria in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Literature Search.
The role of socio-psychological factors related to delayed insulin initiation in type 2 diabetes patients and how to overcome them: Literature Search
The role of cultural factors and their effects on educational models for the management of type 2 diabetes in the South-Asian community in the UK that can speak English: Literature Search
Gestational Diabetes – A Diagnosis Not Worth Making?
The pharmacological role of Ramipril and Aspirin in treating a hypertensive diabetes type 2 patient: a case study

Audits

ANTIPLATELETS AND STATIN THERAPY ON PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (2011)

Audit conducted to see if all patients suffering with cerebrovascular disease were being treated as per the updated NICE guidance TA210.

MEDICAL THROMBOPROPHYLAXIS IN GERIATRIC WARDS AT HEMEL HEMPSTEAD GENERAL HOSPITAL (2005)

Audit concluded that VTE prophylaxis should be offered to all suitable in-patients of VTE thromboprophylaxis, which was incorporated in NICE guidance in 2010.

Leadership in Diabetic foot campaign https://eastlancsccg.nhs.uk/news/585-actionto-reduce-diabetic- amputation-rates/

Leadership in Diabetes Prevention Programme https://eastlancsccg.nhs.uk/news/538-healthier-you-nhs-diabetes-prevention-programme

http://www.blackburnwithdarwenccg.nhs.uk/patients-lancashire-south-cumbria-setbenefit-expansion-diabetes-prevention-programme-nhs-england-drives-forwardchanges-support-people-live-healthier-lives/

Leadership in Research & Academics https://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/rahulthakur/

https://www.telegraphindia.com/health/want-to-stop-the-diabetic-epidemic/cid/1681657

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