Many specialists have taken time to adjust to the development of acute medicine and Acute Medical Units (AMUs). As these concepts have evolved, so has the understanding of how specialists can better interact with their new acute medicine colleagues and how they help to ensure the smooth running of one of the most vital cogs of the hospital ‘machine’. For some specialties (Cardiology , Respiratory Medicine etc), it has been relatively straightforward to integrate into the new model - perhaps due to the sheer numbers of acute patients relevant to those specialties. However, for the chronic disease specialties such as diabetes, it has been less easy to understand how to optimize the interface with acute medicine. [download-attachments container="div" style="list" display_icon="1" display_count="1" display__size="0"]