New DKA condensed guideline – No 92

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New DKA condensed guideline

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Plans to link QOF to type 2 prevention programme referrals

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Diabetes clinical lead roles named in good practice drive

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Quality improvement work stream announced

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Immunotherapy therapy shown to ‘slow type 1 diabetes progression’

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Nine – Dr Partha Kar’s latest blog post

August 15, 2008. That date will always stay as a red letter day in my life. It was the pinnacle of what I had set out to achieve all those years back... a consultant post in the NHS, in my chosen specialty, In a place I wanted to work, with a team I had wanted to join through my training years.

The date itself had a degree of Freudian poignancy. After all, August 15th was Independence Day for India from the British Raj. I still recall the first day, walking into the department with a smile on my face.

Fast track to the cusp of my nine year anniversary... and that smile has stayed. I don't think I could have predicted, even in my wildest dreams, being where I am at this stage of my career. And what a swashbuckling rollercoaster of a ride it has been indeed.

I have loved being part of the Portsmouth diabetes team, being part of Portsmouth hospitals, and frankly, I couldn't have hoped for a better job. There have been many highs along the way which have been well documented across social media or general print, but nothing, and I mean nothing, would have been possible without the legends I work with. Mike, Iain and Darryl were my consultants once-upon-a-time and there never has been a day in the nine years where I have felt I wasn't among friends. I have always been my own man, but if there is anyone whose counsel I would listen to... then there they are. To read more, click here.

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New DKA condensed guideline

A condensed guideline on managing diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has been created.

The document is based on the original DKA management and monitoring charts produced by the Joint British Diabetes Societies – Inpatient Care Group (JBDS – IP). To read more, click here.

Plans to link QOF to type 2 prevention programme referrals

NICE has proposed incentivising GPs to refer people onto NHS England’s national type 2 diabetes prevention.

The health watchdog has put forward an indicator to reward general practice for the percentage of people referred who are diagnosed with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia in the previous 12 months. To read more, click here.

Diabetes clinical lead roles named in good practice drive

The diabetes clinical leads have been announced for a national programme aiming to drive down ‘unwarranted variation of care’.

Dr Partha Kar, the associate national clinical director of diabetes with NHS England and consultant in diabetes and endocrinology at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, will work alongside Professor Gerry Rayman, who is a consultant physician at the Diabetes and Endocrine Centre and the Diabetes Research Unit at Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust. To read more, click here.

Quality improvement work stream announced

A new quality improvement work stream project has been unveiled as part of the new National Diabetes Audit (NDA) three-year contract.

This improvement project will cover four key areas of diabetes specialist care including inpatient, pregnancy, footcare and transition. To read more, click here.

Immunotherapy therapy shown to ‘slow type 1 diabetes progression’

Pioneering therapy which retrains the immune system and slows down the development of type 1 diabetes has been shown to be safe.

The landmark MonoPepT1De study looked at how effective immunotherapy therapy was at slowing down the progression of the condition on a small group of people. To read more, click here.

DIABETES DIGEST

Diabetologists sought for endocrinology and diabetes committee

Diabetologists are being sought to join the Joint Specialty Committee (JSC) for Endocrinology & Diabetes as a representative of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).

Those who may be interested in the role have until Monday, August 14 to apply for the position.

To read more, click here.

Welsh eye screening halves diabetic retinopathy numbers

A diabetic retinopathy screening programme has halved the number of people in Wales with blindness and severe eye problems, research has suggested.

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Free type 2 diabetes webinar unveiled ahead of major conference

A free webinar looking at hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes and how it impacts people will take place ahead of a major healthcare professional conference.

To read more, click here.

Grant to be spent on gene and type 2 diabetes research

A grant of more than £360,000 is to be spent on investigating how genes might explain why some obese people never develop type 2 diabetes, it has been announced.

To read more, click here.

Diabetes prescriptions on the rise compared with overall prescribing

Prescriptions made for diabetes outside hospitals have increased by 80 per cent over the last decade compared with a 46 per cent rise across all primary care prescribing.

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Leading diabetes consultant given professorship

A senior diabetes consultant from Ipswich has been appointed as an honorary professor.

Professor Gerry Rayman (pictured) has been given the role at University of East Anglia (UEA) in recognition of the major contribution he has made to diabetes research and education.

To read more, click here.