Dr. Eugene Hughes (Chairman)

eugene.hughes@pcdeurope.org

Eugene Hughes qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1979. He works as a general practitioner in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. In 1996 he was a founder member of

Primary Care Diabetes UK. He served on the committee for 6 years, during which time he was involved in conference organisation.
In 2002 he joined the executive of Primary Care Diabetes Europe, and has organised recent conferences in Stockholm and Paris.

He has been the editor of Diabetes and Primary Care Journal since it was first published in 1999.

He has written many articles and editorials on diabetes, particularly relating to service delivery and early management of type 2 diabetes, and he continues to lecture widely on diabetes related topics.

He is an external examiner for the University of Portsmouth Certificate in Diabetes Management