Priorities for the delivery of the Diabetes Programme in the context of the rapidly increasing COVID-19 virus have been laid out by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
In a letter, Professor Jonathan Valabhji, National Clinical Director for Diabetes and Obesity, Professor Partha Kar, National Specialty Advisor for Diabetes and Tom Newbound, Deputy Programme Director for NHS England’s Diabetes Programme have announced all programme delivery milestones have been paused until autumn 2020.
The first in a series of virtual workshops about treating people with type 2 diabetes during Ramadan will take place this Thursday.
AstraZeneca is leading the way in medical education during the COVID-19 lockdown by organising these topical sessions, helping to prepare healthcare professionals for Ramadan which starts on April 23. There is still a need for diabetes education amid the coronavirus challenge fight, with the company responding through digital education.
Professor Partha Kar has reiterated the government’s advice that people with any type of diabetes should stay home if they can, unless it is “essential” they continue working.
The National Specialty Advisor for Diabetes with NHS England has addressed some of the confusion that the coronavirus regulations have caused within the diabetes community.
A leading health app accreditation body has created a library of diabetes applications to ensure people have access to quality digital support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) has released a diabetes App Library.
The app ranked at number one is the Low Carb Program (LCP), a multi award-winning, evidence-based behaviour change platform for people with type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes and obesity. In response to coronavirus, the LCP developer Diabetes Digital Media (DDM) has created a library of classes, including exercise, yoga, meditation and fitness.
A global team of health experts along with people living with diabetes have come together to encourage healthcare professionals to better communicate with people who have the condition amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Language Matters in the Times of COVID-19 has been developed to help everyone make sure that only accurate information and helpful sentiments are shared during this difficult period.
All the latest evidence-based COVID-19-related information and guidelines have been pulled together by ABCD.
Information for healthcare professionals, guidance from the UK's public health bodies and NHS-published specialty guides for patient management, can be found on the newly-launched page.
A £100,000 grant has been made available so researchers can study how coronavirus affects people living with diabetes.
Diabetes UK is urging scientists to submit their research applications now so they can find out more about how the virus impacts people with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
The award-winning Low Carb Program has launched a new Digital Class Library to help people manage their diabetes during the period of social distancing and self-isolation.
The brand-new resource will provide people with guided at-home workouts tailored to fitness level, mindfulness and meditation activities to support mental wellbeing and yoga workouts to support mental wellbeing at home.
People with diabetes are being given free access to an app to help them manage their condition better, freeing up healthcare professionals who are bracing themselves to battle COVID-19.
The mySugr Pro diabetes management app will help improve the experience of digital and/or telephone appointments for people with diabetes by providing blood glucose monitoring information remotely.
Primary care providers should empower people with diabetes and give them a “prescription of hope” during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have said. To read more, click here.
The government is advising people with diabetes to be “particularly stringent” when it comes to following the social distancing measures amid COVID-19. To read more, click here.
An online taskforce of 16 diabetes experts selected for their knowledge has been recruited to help ease people’s concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic.To read more, click here.
A free online diabetes competency-based training programme relating to COVID-19 has been launched by the Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme (CDEP), to help frontline healthcare staff. To read more, click here.
An online education course to help people with type 2 diabetes manage their condition better has been made available across the UK during the coronavirus pandemic. To read more, click here.
New pathway guidance has been developed to support all lower-limb clinicians during the COVID-19 situation in line with current best practice. To read more, click here.
Healthcare staff in Southampton have been issued with an inpatient diabetes check list to help treat people with the condition who develop COVID-19. To read more, click here.
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