A guide advising healthcare professionals on the best language to use when communicating with people with diabetes has been published by NHS England.
The publication, 'Language Matters: Language and Diabetes' aims to reduce any potential negativity from doctors and nurses in interactions with people living with diabetes by providing practical guidance.
An award-winning low carb programme has been approved for use by the NHS by a leading accreditation body.
Diabetes.co.uk’s Low Carb Program can now be prescribed by healthcare teams after the Quality Institute for Self Management Education and Training (QISMET) organisation gave it the go ahead.
A new diabetes specialist nurse (DSN) group aiming to “inspire the next generation” held its first national meeting. To read more, click here.
Dr Stuart Ritchie, consultant physician at the Western General Hospital, has picked up the Rowan Hillson award. To read more, click here.
More than 85 per cent of midwives say they need education to improve diabetes in pregnancy care, a survey has found. To read more, click here.
Toby Baker is event director of Diabetes Professional Care (DPC), the largest conference for healthcare professionals with an interest in the field of diabetes.
The free-to-attend and CPD accredited event is set to take place at Olympia in London in November.
Here he tells The Diabetes Times how he became involved in working on DPC and what visitors can expect from the annual event this year.
A network with the aim of raising standards of diabetes care by influencing government policy has been launched. To read more, click here.
Diabetes nurse consultant Ruth Miller has been announced as a finalist in the 2018 RCNi Nurse Awards. To read more, click here.
Babies born with diabetes can now be treated successfully with tablets instead of injections, a new study suggests. To read more, click here.
A leading professor based in Wales has won a major award for his diabetes care services in Mauritius, Trinidad and Peru. To read more, click here.
Swansea University Medical School has been named a Diabetes Centre of Excellence by pharmaceutical company Sanofi. To read more, click here.
The rapid decline in insulin production that causes type 1 diabetes continues to fall over seven years and then stabilises, according to research. To read more, click here.
One in three people turn to the internet for diabetes advice instead of talking to their GP, according to a poll carried out by YouGov on behalf of Diabetes UK. To read more, click here.
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