Rowan Hillson award winners announced – No 57

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Rowan Hillson award winners announced

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Gut hormone could be key to type 2 remission

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Audit set for perioperative diabetes management

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Major type 1 prevention trial to start

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First oral GLP-1 results unveiled

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Mend the morale – Dr Partha Kar’s latest blog post

What exactly have we lost sight of in the NHS? Targets? Patients? Safety? It's difficult to pinpoint it but above all, we certainly have lost sight of one thing... the importance of looking after the staff.

In an environment where you don't have extra money to attract staff, don't have an amazing work/life balance to dangle as a carrot... in a more complicated and complex healthcare atmosphere, you need one thing as a leader... faith from the workforce in you... and most importantly, a positive morale.

When you are asking a nurse, doctor or admin to go that extra mile with nothing but an arm around the shoulder, you need that zing factor as a leader.

Crack a whip? They walk away. Shout? They shrug their shoulders. What can you do as a leader in that scenario? Nothing really as without the staff, in healthcare, you are paralysed... safety gets compromised, targets drop... it's inevitable. To read more, click here.

Women with gestational diabetes needed

The views of women who have had or currently have diabetes during pregnancy are being sought in a bid to prevent the condition.

Discussion groups will be held in Leicester to create an education programme aimed at helping women avoid gestational diabetes, a mostly temporary condition, or from receiving a type 2 diagnosis in the future. To read more, click here.

Rowan Hillson award winners announced

A consultant physician and his team have been named the winners of the prestigious Rowan Hillson Insulin Safety Award.

Dr Gerry Rayman, a consultant physician and diabetologist from the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, was officially recognised at the annual awards ceremony on Thursday, April 21. To read more, click here.

Gut hormone could be key to type 2 remission

Scientists have found the factor which puts type 2 diabetes into remission following bariatric surgery, according to new research.

Researchers have identified that gut hormone PYY plays a key role in restoring normal blood glucose levels in people with the condition after bariatric surgery. To read more, click here.

Audit set for perioperative diabetes management

Perioperative management of diabetes will be a topic for this year’s National Confidential Enquiry on Perioperative Deaths (NCEPOD) audit, it has been announced.

The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) submitted a joint proposal and committee member Dr Gerry Rayman, from the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, confirmed it had been successful.

To read more, click here.

Major type 1 prevention trial to start

An “extremely important” trial looking at a possible way to prevent type 1 diabetes is set to start in Scotland, it has been announced.

Researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School will contact all 6,400 families in the country who are affected by the condition. To read more, click here.

First oral GLP-1 results unveiled

The first oral glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP-1) has shown promising results in treating type 2 diabetes. To read more, click here.

DIABETES DIGEST

Eatwell guide is updated

Guidelines which lay out the ideal healthy diet have been updated to include more starchy carbohydrates.

Public Health England’s Eatwell Guide is a policy tool which is used to define government recommendations on eating healthily and achieving a balanced diet. To read more, click here.

Diabetes UK Essentials guide updated

Getting the flu jab and talking about sexual problems have been included in the 15 Healthcare Essentials guide for people with diabetes.

The document, compiled by Diabetes UK, aims to help people with diabetes understand what care and support they should be receiving. To read more, click here.

High blood pressure link to gestational diabetes

A healthy diet could reduce the risk that women with pregnancy-related diabetes will develop high blood pressure later in life, research has concluded.

A recent study, published in the Hypertension journal of the American Heart Association, has suggested that those with gestational diabetes who followed a healthy diet were 20 per cent less likely to develop high blood pressure compared to those who did not. To read more, click here.

IDF launch online diabetes network

An online diabetes platform for health professionals has been created so they can discuss the latest developments in the condition.

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has launched the Diabetes Education Network for Health Professionals (D-NET). To read more, click here.

Glucagon restriction could boost insulin levels

Blocking the hormone that raises sugar levels in the blood could “supplement” insulin injections, according to new research.

A study, published in eLife, has shown that restricting glucagon could increase insulin levels while keeping blood sugar levels down. To read more, click here.