Diabetes and obesity: Managing the metabolic overlap

About this event

This is the third and final webinar in the Optimising modern diabetes care: A clinical update for pharmacy series.  The growing prevalence of both obesity and diabetes is reshaping how metabolic disease is managed in clinical practice. This session will examine the shared pathophysiology and treatment goals of these conditions, alongside evolving therapeutic approaches and multidisciplinary care models. The discussion will focus on how pharmacy professionals can support safe prescribing, patient counselling, and optimisation of treatment strategies that address both conditions in tandem.

Aim

The aim of this webinar is to equip attendees equip with strategies for integrated management of diabetes and obesity, promoting coordinated care, optimising therapy, and enhancing access to multidisciplinary services to improve metabolic health outcomes.

Target audience

This webinar is ideal for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in hospital and generalist settings seeking to improve care for patients with diabetes and obesity.

Learning outcomes

After this webinar, attendees should be able to:

• Explain the relationship between obesity and type 2 diabetes, including key metabolic and clinical factors that link the two conditions.
• Describe pharmacological and non-pharmacological approaches used to support both glycaemic control and weight management, including therapies such as semaglutide and tirzepatide.
• Identify the role of pharmacy teams in supporting integrated management of diabetes and obesity, including medicines optimisation, patient education, and multidisciplinary care.

Booking information

Registration will close at midnight on Sunday 14 June 2026 or earlier if maximum capacity is reached. Should this event not reach its minimum number, the UKCPA reserves the right to cancel the webinar.

If you are not a member of UKCPA but wish to attend this event either as a guest or by applying for UKCPA membership in order to attend this webinar as part of your membership package, your guest account or membership application must be completed at least 10 working days in advance of the registration deadline.  Please note that the administration and activation of membership or guest accounts can take up to 7 working days.

Access to the recording of this webinar and any slides made available by the speaker are released as a member benefit.  Guest account attendees are not eligible to access or receive the post event resources.  If you are a guest account holder and wish to access the recording and any resources, please upgrade to full UKCPA membership.