Audit results show foot ulcer drop – No 62

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Audit results show foot ulcer drop

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First renal failure and diabetes guidelines published

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Positive results for glucose monitoring system

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Submit diabetes hero nominations

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Good practice shared at ABCD event

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The Diabetes Manager – We need more managers

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DSN Spotlight

This week, Tracy Courtney takes part in our DSN Spotlight series. The feature aims to find out more about those who are making a difference to people with diabetes everyday.

She expains why the role of diabetes specialist nurses is so important in ensuring high-quality diabetes care. To read the feature, click here.

An uncomfortable truth – Dr Partha Kar’s latest blog post

So we are here. One referendum done, another crucial vote around the corner. I will be clear about it - I voted "Remain".

Not based on any economic issues but one and one thing only - the importance of a multicultural society, all togetherness that the present world needed.

To assume all those who voted Leave are bigots is silly and crass but for sure, it gives the minority the belief that their view is supported now by more than half of the country.

Racism has always been a part of Britain - it's got a bit more polished as time has progressed. As uncomfortable as it sounds - let me be blunt about it - when you are still doing Equality workshops in 2016, when you look at all the NHS arms length bodies and who leads them,.. well… bias comes in different shapes. What you certainly didn't want is all of it to come creeping back into the open... To read more, click here.

Diabetes UK responds to latest child type 2 figures

Leading charity Diabetes UK has called the latest child type 2 diabetes figures “extremely worrying”.

According to the National Diabetes Paediatric Audit (NDPA) there are now 533 children and young people who have the condition.

To read more, click here.

Audit results show foot ulcer drop

Foot ulcers acquired during hospital visits have decreased by 50 per cent, according to a clinical audit.

The 2015 results of the National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NaDIA), published today, revealed 1.1 per cent of patients suffering from the condition had foot lesions. To read more, click here.

First renal failure and diabetes guidelines published

The first UK national guidelines for people with diabetes who are being treated with haemodialysis for end stage renal failure (ESRF) during inpatient care have been published.

The Management of Adults with Diabetes on the Haemodialysis Unit document has been published by the Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS). To read more, click here.

Positive results for glucose monitoring system

A study of a glucose monitoring system designed to eliminate the need for routine finger pricks has unveiled positive results.

Findings showed that people who used the Freestyle Libre system spent 38 per cent less time in hypoglycaemia. To read more, click here.

Submit diabetes hero nominations

Nominations for three award categories for this year’s prestigious Quality in Diabetes Care (QiC) awards are still open.

Submissions for the diabetes healthcare professional of the year, the outstanding educator in diabetes and the QiC diabetes people's award closes on Thursday, July 21. To read more, click here.

Good practice shared at ABCD event

Good practice in diabetes care was shared at a national conference for healthcare professionals.

For the first time the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), Diabetes UK, NHS Clinical Commissioners and local networks came together for a one day workshop. To read more, click here.

The Diabetes Manager – We need more managers

Abigail Kitt is a healthcare manager who has worked in the diabetes sector since 2004.

Her blog, The Diabetes Manager, shares Abbey’s passion for all things diabetes from a manager’s perspective. To read more, click here.

DIABETES DIGEST

Type 1 care in Dorset could be moved to GPs

The care of 50 per cent of people with type 1 diabetes in Dorset could be handed to GPs in the area under new proposals.

The plans form part of NHS Dorset clinical commissioning group’s (CCG) proposal for a new community diabetes scheme, according to Pulse magazine. To read more, click here.

Depression and type 2 genetic link found

Psychiatric researchers have discovered a genetic link between depression and type 2 diabetes.

A “significant” genetic overlap has unveiled following a study aimed to show the connection between the two conditions. To read more, click here.

Diabetes and mental health guidelines compiled

Guidelines aimed to improve the management of diabetes in people with diabetes and mental illness are to be unveiled at a conference in London.

The Management of Diabetes in People with Mental Illness in Inpatient Settings document has been compiled by the Royal College of Psychiatrists Liaison Faculty and the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care. To read more, click here.

Opinions on amputation technology sought

Healthcare professionals are being asked to help with an inquiry looking at patient access to technology designed to help prevent lower limb amputation.

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Vascular Disease has launched an online survey and is encouraging experts within the field of diabetes and other areas affected to amputation to have their say. To read more, click here.

Computerised IV insulin gives better control

Pioneering computerised IV insulin administration has shown to better control blood glucose and hypoglycaemia in hospitals, according to research.

EndoTool is a computer-guided blood glucose management system which was trialled in intensive care units at a 900-bed tertiary care teaching hospital. To read more, click here.

Diabetes raises heart attack risk death by 50 per cent

People with diabetes are at a 50 per cent higher risk of dying from the effects of a heart attack, research has found.

To read more, click here.