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Let's do some maths, shall we? We know the NHS needs about £30 billion by 2020 – not my figures – but as per health economists, think tanks etc. To help, Mr Hunt promised eight billion of that and, in fairness, that’s what Mr Stevens asked for in the 5 Year Forward View. So he got what he wanted – the idea being that the rest of the £22 billion would come via efficiency savings, working differently etc, etc.

You with me so far? OK. Good… so that brought forth the Vanguards – a bit of extra cash to help them develop – never mind it came from Public Health (a £200 million spreadsheet shift) – all for the greater good – and if the Vanguards fly, maybe those efficiency savings would come. No problems there – big picture and all that. So we’re on track for what we need. All good. Innovation needs headroom – as the think tanks always talk about the much needed transformation fund.

Problem… ah well… a few here and there. For starters, seven-day working wasn't quite in the 5 Year Forward View calculations and its inherent bill... especially when folks started talking about elective work on weekends, that calculation started looking seriously awry. Thankfully better sense has prevailed and we are talking about non-elective care which actually is about patient safety. Still, a bit of a calculation upsetting curveball indeed.  

Then came the issue of efficiency – asking the NHS to achieve what it has never done – a level of efficiency never before seen. Even the most optimists don't see that happening – and with all that's possible, I reckon, we would, at best, achieve about 10-15 billion... To read more, click here.

A further £3 million of funding for leading UK and Israeli scientists to tackle challenging conditions including diabetes has been announced. To read more, click here.

A new conference aiming to “empower patients to manage their own care” takes place this autumn with a host of leading speakers lined up.

The first Diabetes Professional Care conference will be held at The Barbican Exhibition Centre on November 11 and 12. To read more, click here.

Non-smokers who breathe in other people’s cigarette smoke are at significantly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, research has suggested.

The study was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology medical journal. The findings were contained in a meta-analysis of 88 previous studies, covering almost six million participants. To read more, click here.

A pharmacist has scooped a national award for helping to improve diabetes care across the country. To read more, click here.

A three-year-old girl is believed to be the youngest person in the world to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. To read more, click here.

A new diabetes prevention programme has been piloted in Leicestershire.

Let’s Prevent Diabetes is being trialled in the towns of Loughborough and Shepshed before being rolled out across the UK. To read more, click here.

An artificial pancreas which can work for 12 weeks could help to radically change the lives of children with type 1 diabetes. To read more, click here.

A programme aimed at preventing the development of type 2 diabetes in people at high risk of the condition has achieved “promising” early results, a study has found. To read more, click here.