High dose statins could be made available directly from high street pharmacies as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to cut heart disease and stroke, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens has announced.
The cholesterol-lowering drugs are frequently used as part of diabetes care due to the knowledge that people with diabetes face a greater likelihood of heart attack and stroke.
In a new review confirmed this week, England’s top pharmacist Dr Keith Ridge and newly-appointed director of primary care, Dr Nikki Kanani, will look at how the cholesterol-busting drugs could be provided by high street chemists.
A ‘Global Roadmap’ on the prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes has been released by the World Heart Federation.
The organisation created the resource, which is aimed at “reducing the global burden of CVD in people living with [type 2] diabetes”, in partnership with the World Congress of Cardiology and the International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
The Roadmap on the prevention of cardiovascular disease among people living with diabetes was launched at ESC Congress 2019 this week.
It is described as a “key reference document for anyone involved in the planning, organisation, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of approaches related to CVD prevention in people living with diabetes”.
A few places are available to attend the first-ever Low Carb Program webinar to help healthcare professionals better understand the principles of the Low Carb Program and how it can be used to support sustainable type 2 diabetes remission.
It will take place on Friday, September 13, and will be hosted by Dr Campbell Murdoch, Chief Medical Officer at Diabetes Digital Media (DDM), and Tara Kelly, Lead Dietitian at DDM.
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