A team of nursing experts responsible for developing diabetes injection recommendations has reformed with a renewed remit to continue the dissemination of good practice.
The Forum for Injection Technique (FIT-UK) was formed in 2009 to provide evidence-based best practice recommendations for people with diabetes, their families, friends and healthcare professionals.
Healthcare professionals in the UK will exclusively see outcomes data from a large study on the impact of SGLT2 inhibitors on people with type 2 diabetes with high CV risk at Diabetes Professional Care (DPC2018).
The presentation ‘Cardiovascular outcomes with SGLT2 inhibitors in type 2 diabetes – update from AHA conference’, will be delivered by Professor John Wilding, Professor of Medicine and Honorary Consultant Physician, Obesity and Endocrinology Research at the University of Liverpool.
Dedicated pump clinics and an emphasis on structured education helped contribute to successful type 1 diabetes specialist services, according to a report published by the National Diabetes Audit (NDA).
The NDA has released the short summary report Feedback from the most successful Type 1 specialist services, revealing the factors behind the top performing centres.
The focus on the drive to tackle obesity should be more about health, not weight, according to leading sociologist Dr Oli Williams from the East Midlands. To read more, click here.
Resources aimed at supporting the delivery of the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme have been shared via a new online hub. To read more, click here.
An international expert says diabetes services for older people are “too fragmented” leaving them “vulnerable" to poor health. To read more, click here.
Progressive loss of macular ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer (mGCIPL) is an independent risk factor for progression in early-stage diabetic retinopathy (DR), a study has concluded. To read more, click here.
A clinical trial exploring the regrowth of beta cells in type 1 diabetes has been launched in Cardiff and will focus on how two people respond to the pioneering treatment. To read more, click here.
A call for abstracts has been made ahead of the launch of the new Diabetes Times online journal, with researchers and healthcare professionals invited to make submissions covering applied health research and service evaluation, delivery and audit.
People living thousands of miles from Leicester have received crucial education from city researchers to help drive them to effectively self-manage their type 2 diabetes. To read more, click here.
Healthcare professionals working in the UK have been invited to attend a charity medical camp next month which has been organised by the Slum Doctor Project. To read more, click here.
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Last week was ExpoNHS18. Let's just pause there for a second.
Does that actually mean anything to you? If you aren't on social media or indeed even if you are, does that bring:
a) a warm fuzzy feeling from an uplifting event?
b) make you go "Meh"
c) quizzically ask "What's that?"
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