Eugene Hughes MBBS, DADCH, DRCOG, MRCGP

Dr. Eugene Hughes gained his MB BS at Guy’s Hospital, London in 1979 and later his MRCGP in 1985. Dr. Hughes now currently practices at The Esplanade Surgery on the Isle of Wight.

Dr. Hughes’ first interest in diabetes began in 1993 when an audit of his patients showed that they were receiving suboptimal care. He went on to develop a shared care program with a local diabetologist, which served as a model for other practices. This also led to lecturing and journalism interests, starting with Diabetes Bulletin in 1994. In 1995, Dr. Hughes was part of a group that laid the foundations for Primary Care Diabetes UK, which was to become a section of the British Diabetic Association (now Diabetes UK). He remained an active member of the organization, being Vice Chairman from 1999-2002. 

Dr. Hughes has been involved with the founding and launch of numerous diabetes publications and societies: in 2000, Diabetes and Primary Care journal launched where Dr. Hughes was editor until 2007; in 2005, he was one of the founding members of the Primary Care Diabetes Society, which is now the largest single interest primary care group in the world; in 2007, as an executive member of the St Vincent Declaration Primary Care Diabetes Group, the group launched Primary Care Diabetes journal which was Medline listed in June 2008. 

In 2005, Dr. Hughes was the medical editor of ‘A Simple Guide to Type 2 Diabetes’ (CSF medical communications). In February 2006, he was involved in a working group for the Austrian Ministry of Health (as part of Austria’s EU Presidency), the conclusions of which have formed part of the ‘Declaration of Vienna.’ In 2007, he contributed a chapter on the microvascular disease to ‘Diabetes – a handbook for the primary healthcare team’ (McDowell, Matthews and Brown, Elsevier Ltd). 

In 2010, he published ‘Evidence in Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease.’ (National Institute for Health Improvement.) 

Dr. Hughes has been the author or co-author of many editorials and papers, including recent work on hypoglycemia, and newer agents in diabetes.