Diabetes nurses across Europe are being asked to take part in a survey to help gain perspective on the impact of COVID-19 within their work.
The anonymous questionnaire, which only takes 15 minutes to complete, has been published by the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care from King’s College London.
Healthcare professionals and people with diabetes are being reminded that taking the steroid treatment dexamethasone could impact blood glucose levels significantly.
It has been recognised that the use of low dose dexamethasone can help save the lives of those seriously ill with coronavirus, but Trend Diabetes wants to ensure people within the diabetes community understand the complex relationship between steroids and glycaemic control.
Roche Diabetes Care has announced it is delighted to have the support of pharmacy-led, health and beauty retailer Boots in offering its customers free access to the mySugr Pro diabetes management app.
In March 2020, the Pro version of the app was made freely available to all adults with diabetes in the UK to provide them with extra support during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic while helping to reduce the burden on the NHS.
Four top key opinion leaders are coming together to decipher the main outcomes from the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Conference.
Dr Kevin Fernando, Nurse Consultant Debbie Hicks, Dr David Strain and Consultant Pharmacist Philip Newland-Jones make up the multidisciplinary panel of DPC’s Summer Forum.
A “staggering and much needed saving” of £298m could be made to the NHS if a specific type 2 diabetes drug was given to people at risk of cardiovascular death or heart failure.
That’s according to a top consultant diabetologist who will be presenting a webinar looking at the benefits of dapagliflozin, based on the DECLARE study.
Old age, frailty and diabetes together make a “triple jeopardy for vulnerability” among some people when it comes to COVID-19, according to a world-leading professor in frailty. To read more, click here.
Trusts and commissioners are being urged to “adopt a system-wide approach” to ensure good practice is carried out during the transition phase from childrens' and adults’ diabetes services. To read more, click here.
Diabetes teams across the UK and Ireland are gearing up to take part in Insulin Safety Week (ISW) 2020 which kicks off next month after originally being postponed because of COVID-19. To read more, click here.
This month’s article is written by Professor Alan Sinclair, who has an international reputation in the field of older people.
He founded Diabetes Frail, which explores the emerging importance of frailty, and was the first National Clinical Lead for Diabetes in Older People at NHS Diabetes.
“Hot topics and controversial issues” from within the endocrine community are to be covered during a forthcoming webinar in September, organisers have said. To read more, click here.
COVID-19 might be triggering diabetes in previously healthy people, a team of international experts has warned. New cases have been found in people with COVID-19. To read more, click here.
Two thirds (67 per cent) of people with diabetes attending work do not feel safe, according to a new survey carried out among those with the condition. To read more, click here.
Input is being sought to help areas of research which will improve the healthcare and wellbeing of women and families affected by diabetes in pregnancy. To read more, click here.
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