A new document has been published that provides guidance for the management of hyperglycaemia in virtual ward settings.
The Concise advice on Inpatient Diabetes (COVID:Diabetes) – Virtual Ward Guidance was led by Professor Gerry Rayman and the rest of the National Inpatient Diabetes COVID-19 Response Group.
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The popular Injection Technique Matters resources developed by Trend Diabetes have been updated with the very latest evidence, it has been announced. To read more, click here.
The UK’s leading not-for-profit online learning provider for health and social care settings has added a “gold standard” insulin safety course to its portfolio. To read more, click here.
Frailty detection and management must become part of routine diabetes care in older people, according to a newly published commentary.
The article, published in Diabetic Medicine journal, was written to support the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS-IP) guideline, Inpatient Care of the Frail Older Adult with Diabetes.
A GPwSI from Darlington is urging healthcare professionals to take up free injection technique education because understanding the subject leads to ‘efficiency, cost saving and good patient health’.
Dr Patrick Holmes, a GP from St George’s Medical Practice, will be tackling the subject as part of a DPC and BD CPD-accredited webinar series.
Healthcare professionals are being urged to warn lorry and bus drivers with type 1 diabetes that flash glucose monitoring is not recognised for Group 2 licence holders.
According to ABCD, there are currently 1,428 drivers in the UK who have type 1 diabetes and also hold a licence for driving a lorry or bus.
Greater time each day within glucose targets, otherwise known as ‘time in range (TIR)’ helps boost people’s mood, according to a new study. To read more, click here.
Non-Hispanic Black people with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 are nearly four times as likely to go to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). To read more, click here.
GLP-1 receptor agonists do not increase the risk of breast cancer, a systematic review and meta-analysis of 52 randomised trials has found. To read more, click here.
The former chair of the DISN UK Group was “inspirational and aspirational” in raising the profile of diabetes inpatient nursing, according to one colleague. To read more, click here.
Healthcare professionals are being urged to get people with type 1 diabetes to share their experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in a short survey. To read more, click here.
The world seems to be on fire. Or, depending on your view and outlook, it's loudly raising its voice against issues which have been festering in the undergrowth for years, whether it be racism or indeed sexism. To read more, click here.
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