22nd edition – Friday, January 2, 2015

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Advice on continuous glucose monitoring funding

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Drive to prevent Type 2 diabetes announced

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Winners to present at Diabetes UK conference

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The mirror of Galadriel – Dr Partha Kar’s latest blog post

1st January 2015...it's that day of the year when you think of what's ahead, what could be, what may become. In the world of Tolkein, there existed such a device...a basin of water used in the Elven realm by Galadriel that could possibly show things that were, things that are and things that yet maybe...do we dare to have a peak?

Do we dare to have a look at a possible future and either batten down the hatches or do we step up to the plate and try and change what we see – beyond 140 characters, a vent in a blog or pledging on a wall? We shall see, won't we?

Let me have a peak though...let me see what I think may happen – if not over the next 12 months, but over many more. To read more, click here.

DSN jobs webpage

The Diabetes Times has launched a new jobs page for healthcare professionals, including Diabetes Specialist Nurses, working in diabetes.

Recruiters can upload details for free to the page which signposts potential candidates to the NHS Jobs website. To submit a job, click here.

Advice on continuous glucose monitoring funding

New advice on obtaining funding for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been released by a charity.

INPUT, which campaigns for access to diabetes technology across the UK, has published a new webpage called ‘CGM funding: the bigger picture’ offering information on how to get CGM funding.

It covers funding for CGM in the UK, present pathways for CGM funding in England and Wales, latest news and future directions for NHS funding for CGM. To read more, click here.

Drive to prevent Type 2 diabetes announced

The NHS will develop the first-ever national Type 2 diabetes prevention programme with Diabetes UK, it has been revealed.

NHS England has announced on Friday, December 19, in the Five Year Forward View into Action planning guidance that it will establish a national Type 2 diabetes prevention programme in partnership with Diabetes UK and Public Health England.

The programme will include approaches that build on effective practice and the UK and international evidence base. Diabetes UK says it has the potential to help find the 9.6 million people who are at high risk of Type 2 diabetes in England and ensure they receive targeted support to reduce their risk. To read more, click here.

Winners to present at Diabetes UK conference

Award-winning initiatives from last year’s Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes Programme will be showcased during a session at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference in March.

QiC Diabetes recognises, rewards and shares good practice in diabetes management, education and care. Finalists from across the country attended the annual awards ceremony at Sanofi’s UK headquarters in Guildford in October.

Five of the winning teams will be discussing how they have improved patient outcomes, demonstrating benefits and adaptability at the seminar called ‘Driving innovation in diabetes care – sharing knowledge, improving lives’.

It takes place on Friday, March 13, between 9.45am and 11.15am at ExCeL, London. To read more, click here.

DIABETES DIGEST

Research photo contest winner

The winner of a competition organised by JDRF to show research in action has been revealed.

The Type 1 charity asked its researchers to send in images that showed their research in action for the chance to win a £500 travel bursary or £250 for the runners-up.

First prize went to Georgios Ponirakis, Clinical Research Coordinator at The University of Manchester.

Dr Sarah Cross, Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the University of Oxford, came second and third. To read more, click here.

Study gets extra funding for more sites

Further hospitals and GP surgeries are being sought to take part in a major international study into diabetes and older people after additional funding was made available.

MID-Frail is a new European Union-funded study which will examine the benefits of a nutritional, exercise and educational intervention programme on the health of older people with Type 2 diabetes. The extra funding opens the study up to 10 more sites. To read more, click here.

Event to highlight successes in diabetes hospital care

The latest innovations and successes from the diabetes inpatient community will be showcased at a conference.

The ‘4th National Diabetes Inpatient Conference: Innovations in Diabetes Inpatient Care’ takes place on January 28 at the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in London. To read more, click here.

Researchers claim Type 2 triumph

Scientists have identified a protein in the body that may have the potential to prevent the development of obesity-driven Type 2 diabetes. To read more, click here.