Peter Hammond BMBCh, MA, MD, FRCP

Peter Hammond has been a consultant physician specialising in diabetes and endocrinology in Harrogate since 1996. He has established Harrogate as a nationally recognised centre for insulin pump therapy and related technologies, such as continuous glucose sensing. He has been expert adviser to both NICE appraisals of insulin pump therapy and involved in implementation of the guidance nationally.

He was NHS Diabetes Clinical Lead for the National Insulin Pump Network, a member of the NICE Type 1 Diabetes in Adults guideline development group and lead author of the ABCD position statements on insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring.

He has a particular interest in the use of these technologies to improve the outcomes for diabetes in pregnancy. He has been involved in research into the role of insulin pump therapy, notably the Five Nations Study, REPOSE and the ongoing SMILE study.