Research Fellow Sasini Wijayaratna was employed by DPT to investigate and report on the situation around Gestational Diabetes in the CMDHB Region. Dr Wijayaratna carried out a review of the available evidence, talked to stakeholders, worked in clinics and with women with Gestational Diabetes and put together a comprehensive report covering prevalence, risk factors, screening, consequences, local management, follow-up, prevention strategies and recommendations. She also carried out a retrospective cohort study of over 350 patients with diagnosed GDM was carried out, investigating delivery outcomes and follow-up, Recommendations were made to improve the situation and the report is to be used to highlight this important topic. This presentation was taken to the ADS/ADEA conference in Australia in 2011.
