Resources aimed at enabling community teams to manage the increasing demand for insulin administration have been released by NHS England.
The ‘Delegation of Insulin Administration’ project was published to help provide a voluntary framework giving expanded capacity to health and social care workers who administer insulin to people living with diabetes. A series of resources were produced by Trend Diabetes for the project, including an e-learning module, policies and a competency framework, with other organisations also contributing to the initiative.
Practices should maintain clinically important diabetes reviews but be aware that many people may be concerned about attending for face-to-face review because of the risks associated with catching COVID-19.
That is according to a document published by the Primary Care Diabetes Society (PCDS) entitled ‘COVID-19 and diabetes: Update for primary care in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic’.
Free access to the mySugr Pro diabetes management app is to be extended to help support people with diabetes and ease the burden on the NHS. To read more, click here.
The newly launched English Diabetes Footcare Network (EFDN) is to hold its first National Conference which will take place in May, organisers have announced. To read more, click here.
A member of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Specialty Certificate (DCE) Examining Board is being sought.
The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, the Society for Endocrinology, and the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK are seeking to make the appointment.
Diabetes consultants are being urged to apply for two different positions honorary positions as part of the ABCD management group. To read more, click here.
New “working patterns and high intensity environments” have all contributed to impacting morale among the health workers, the ABCD Chair has said. To read more, click here.
Continuous insulin infusion remains the therapy of choice during hyperglycaemic crises and critical illness in hospital, a new review paper has concluded. To read more, click here.
A COVID-19, dexamethasone and hyperglycaemia document has been published to complement local guidance and professional judgement for Trusts located in London. To read more, click here.
Members of Sanofi in the UK and Ireland have collectively walked up and down the UK the equivalent of nine times in a charity challenge which was aimed at improving morale among staff.
Healthcare professionals are being asked to submit data about how newly donated sensors for the FreeStyle Libre are being used for a future audit.
In July, Abbott donated up to 6,500 FreeStyle Libre sensors to hospitals across the UK to help staff better care for people with diabetes who are admitted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Healthcare professionals are being urged to let the younger people they see who have type 1 diabetes know about an event which has been planned specifically for them next month. To read more, click here.
People with diabetes are being urged to have their COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is offered to them by the Diabetes 101 Team, a collective team of healthcare professionals from the field of diabetes. To read more, click here.
Warrington Hospital has become the first site in the country to receive revolutionary new eye detection technology to help those with diabetes-related eye conditions.
The Lovely Lane site is, at present, the only hospital in the UK to have acquired a brand-new diagnostic scanner which will reduce treatment times among people with serious eye conditions.
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