Ramadan: Managing Diabetes and Cardiovascular Health

WEBINAR

THIS EVENT IS OPEN TO UK REGISTERED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS ONLY

Location: Microsoft Teams

Event Agenda

Why Should Healthcare Professionals Attend This Webinar?

As Ramadan approaches, many clinicians will encounter patients seeking advice on how to fast safely while managing chronic conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and hypertension. Understanding the physiological effects of fasting and how to adapt treatment plans is essential to ensure patient safety and optimise outcomes.

This session, led by Alia Gilani, explores the key clinical considerations for supporting patients who fast during Ramadan. It covers fasting physiology, risk assessment, and evidence-based guidance on adjusting diabetes and cardiovascular therapies. Participants will learn how to apply personalised care strategies, manage hydration and medication timing, and reduce the risk of complications such as hypoglycaemia, dehydration, and hypotension.

By attending this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand fasting physiology and identify patients at high risk (e.g. diabetes, CVD, renal disease).

• Apply risk stratification tools and create safe, individualised fasting plans.

• Optimise diabetes therapies (oral and injectable) and cardiovascular medications during Ramadan.

• Provide practical patient education on hydration, meal timing, and sick-day management.

Key Benefits

This CPD-accredited webinar, delivered by Alia Gilani, will provide healthcare professionals with:

• Clinical confidence – assess fasting suitability and tailor treatment safely.

• Practical management tools – adjust medication regimens and support adherence.

• Evidence-based insights – apply current Ramadan and diabetes/CVD guidance in practice.

Attendees will gain the knowledge to better support patients fasting during Ramadan, promote safety, and improve long-term health outcomes.

Additional Information

• The webinar will be recorded and made available to all subscribers.

• CPD certificates will be issued to attendees.

• The Teams link can be found in your CliniLink account (please ensure you are logged in to access it).

Meet the Speaker

Alia Gilani

Specialist Pharmacist

Alia Gilani is a specialist pharmacist whose interests lie in ethnic inequalities, diabetes and cardio-metabolic disease. She helped established and run a bilingual medication review service in NHS Glasgow called the Minority Ethnic Long-Term (MELT) medicines service, which operated for over a decade and was recognised with awards at the local and national level.

Alia runs outreach clinics for South Asian individuals with diabetes and cardio-metabolic disease in various locations, including mosques and elderly care centres. She was a member of the diabetes working group for the South Asian Health Foundation for 13 years, and is now an appointed trustee of the foundation.  She was the first pharmacist to become a member of the Primary Care Diabetes and Obesity Society committee, a position she held for 5 years, and she currently sits on the Diabetes UK Professional Conference organising committee.