Dr Paul Newman

Dr. Paul Newman

Paul is a GP and trainer based at Waverley Park Medical Practice in Glasgow. He has a special interest in diabetes and was the Chair of the Professional Conference Organising Committee of Diabetes UK, London, in 2018. He is also the GP advisor to the Council of Healthcare Professionals of Diabetes UK as well as one of their Clinical Champions. He is a committee member of the Primary Care Diabetes Society (PCDS) and has been the co-organiser and co-chair of the PCDS Scottish annual conferences since  2018 where he has represented the Scottish perspective. Paul also sat on the all-party parliamentary group for diabetes.

As a major contributor to Diabetes UK information prescriptions, Paul teamed up with the FFIT (Football Fans in Training) programme, and was responsible for training coaches to undertake random finger stick glucose measurements to screen for diabetes at football matches.

 Paul is also active in diabetes research, particularly new medications for general practice, and undertook a research sabbatical at the Toronto Western Hospital, Canada. 

He has been a tutor on the Diploma course for diabetes at the University of Warwick since December 2019.