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Name: Philip Farrant
Overview: Dr. Philip Farrant was a general physician at West Hill Hospital in Dartford from 1963 to 1988. He was never officially designated as having a ‘special interest in diabetes`, but he ran the diabetic clinics and published on diabetes. In 1976, he encouraged a patient to found a local branch of the British Diabetic Association, which raised money for equipment and offered support to patients. In 1972, he established a postgraduate medical centre at Joyce Green Hospital, which moved to the new Darent Valley Hospital in 2000 and was re-named the Philip Farrant Education Centre.

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Name: Peter Swift
Overview: Dr Peter Swift was Consultant Paediatrician at Leicester Royal Infirmary from 1979 to 2006. He has published widely on childhood diabetes and produced guidelines for the International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes. In a national survey of paediatric diabetes services in 1988, he found many children were not being seen in specialist clinics; few clinics were using HbA1c tests, and they lacked specialist nurses, dietitians and psychological help. By 2004, almost all children were seen in specialist clinics, with more specialist nurses. He still thinks more specialist nurses and dietitians are needed and many more mental health workers.

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Name: Judith Steel
Overview: Judith Steel worked part time throughout her career. In 1972 she founded the Kenya Diabetic Association and in 1976 she began `probably the first pre-pregnancy clinic that was started anywhere` for women with diabetes, at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. She was Associate Specialist at the Infirmary from 1983 to 1994 and at Victoria hospital, Kirkcaldy from 1994 to 2004. She has published widely on diabetes and lectured to medical students at the Universities of Edinburgh and St. Andrew`s. She has also held office in several national organisations and in 1992 was awarded an MBE for Service to Diabetes

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Name: Alex Wright
Overview: Dr. Alex Wright was Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant at Birmingham from 1973 to 1997, mostly at the General Hospital and latterly at the University Hospital, Selly Oak. He is now Honorary Senior Lecturer and works part-time at Manor Hospital, Walsall and Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham. He has also seen private patients on Saturday mornings for over 25 years. He has published on many aspects of diabetes and was part of the policy advisory group for the UK Prospective Diabetes Study, a 20-year trial which showed that the life-threatening complications of type 2 diabetes can be significantly reduced by appropriate treatment.

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