Featured Speaker

Catherine Washbrook-Davies
All Wales Dietetic lead for Nutrition & Diabetes
Catherine has 20 years experience delivering patient education in both type 2 diabetes and weight management.
She currently holds a dual role across Wales and is a Diabetes UK Clinical champion.
Catherine is the all Wales nutrition & dietetic lead for diabetes for NHS Wales, responsible for ensuring a consistent approach to food and nutrition education across Wales for people living with diabetes.
Within this role she leads the all Wales type 2 diabetes remission project.
Catherine is also the dietetic clinical lead for the All Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme working in partnership with public health Wales and partners to instigate a once for Wales diabetes prevention programme.
She has gained a great deal of understanding and empathy for people living with obesity and/or diabetes and the complexities of coping with these through the use of motivational interviewing techniques and skills.