A new tool designed to help healthcare professionals boost referrals to structured education courses for people with diabetes has been unveiled.
The new 'Improving your diabetes knowledge' Information Prescription has been developed by Diabetes UK and Kent and Medway STP. It is now available nationally on the Diabetes UK website or via EMIS or Vision and is part of a series of Information Prescriptions for healthcare professionals.
Electronic insulin passports will be trialled in hospitals across the Wessex region as part of an initiative seeking to improve diabetes care through digital innovation.
Dr Partha Kar, Associate National Clinical Director for Diabetes, NHS England, announced the trial of digital insulin passports to enhance hospital safety this week to mark Insulin Safety Week 2019.
They are being rolled out in the area thanks to Diabetes Hothouse, a new programme connecting digital health innovators with pharmaceutical companies to explore new innovations that could help people living with diabetes.
Healthcare professionals can now access a series of infographics highlighting the impact of food on blood glucose levels.
Endorsed by NICE, the resources have been created by Dr David Unwin, a doctor from Southport known as the Low-Carb GP, to visually illustrate the “glycaemic consequences of dietary choices”.
Severe hypoglycaemic episodes are the leading diabetes-related inpatient emergency, according to a new snapshot audit.
The first nationwide survey of harms affecting people with diabetes in hospital took place in September last year as a bolt-on to the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NaDIA), which is held every two years, with the latest one taking place this autumn.To read more, click here.
Commissioners have been urged to implement NICE-recommended diabetic footcare structures following a nationwide audit.
The recommendation was made in the fourth National Diabetes Foot Care Audit Fourth Annual Report, which found 2.7% of people with diabetes with severe ulcers underwent a major amputation within six months, four times more than those with less severe ulcers. To read more, click here.
Topical healthcare debates involving key players from the world of diabetes are set to take place during the very first DPC Question Time.
The panel, which is yet to be unveiled, will be from NHS England, Getting it Right the First Time (GIRFT), Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation (DRWF) and the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP).
Two diabetes specialists are encouraging healthcare professionals to become “facilitators, not fixers”, as a way of empowering people with long-term conditions.
Dr Charles Fox and Dr Anne Kilvert, consultants from Northampton General Hospital, run a specialist diabetes counselling and empowerment course for healthcare professionals, which focuses on training participants to work with people to identify ways of improving their own diabetes care.
To raise awareness of healthcare professional empowerment they will present at this year’s Diabetes Professional Care as part of the DPC Mental Health & Wellbeing Zone, which is being officially launched next week.
The winning submissions from the Rowan Hillson Insulin Safety Award have been shared and are available to download. To read more, click here.
People with type 2 diabetes and liver disease are more likely to develop aggressive liver disease, a study has found. To read more, click here.
More than 500 diabetes teams from across the UK and Ireland have been taking part in Insulin Safety Week 2019. To read more, click here.
Three quarters of people with diabetes who need mental health support are unable to access it, according to a Diabetes UK survey. To read more, click here.
The closing date for the Quality in Care (QiC) awards, which recognises, rewards and shares innovative practice, is May 31.To read more, click here.
Obesity could be tackled by a better understanding of how insulin works, an expert on intermittent fasting and low carb diets has said. To read more, click here.
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