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Are we getting somewhere with the junior doctor contract? Well, who knows? In a fascinating game of cat and mouse, mostly played out in the public eye via selective leaks to selected people, Chinese whispers and Facebook forums, a macabre tale of politics continues to rumble on, leaving many junior doctors wondering what exactly waits for them around the corner.

I have said all along that the junior doctor contract has nothing to do with seven-day service and patient safety, as confirmed by Julie Moore and now Jeremy Hunt himself. Even the disputed studies haven't said it had anything to do with junior doctors. For sure, the usual suspects jumped in to say it was but we conflated two issues. One, a genuine look at seven-day services and a contractual issue which simply meant to have more junior doctors on weekends, you either had to change the pay envelope or spread them out thinner on weekdays. Anyone who opined it was about working differently, well there's a difference between actually doing the job, running departments and then being a keyboard warrior.

Muddled in all this has been a fundamental debate. The whole issue is seven-day services. Now that we have the issue cleared that this is NOT about elective services (now there was a joke and a half) there is a need to have a serious discussion re seven days. Let's park all the evidence for a minute and look at our own experiences. Is a Sunday as adequately staffed as a Tuesday? No, it isn't. Do we need it to be? Well, that's the debate when we have the financial issues we have at present. We are, officially, in the world of Monty Python where transformation funds also have a sustainability aspect, which you can only access on certain conditions, but need to be used to shore up failing trust bottom lines. We have a frothing debate about nurse staffing ratios when we don't have the finances or staff to get those ratios a tick box. To read more, click here.

A former security guard from Durham has beaten the threat of type 2 diabetes by giving up takeaways and beer. To read more, click here. 

A group of leading diabetes consultants is organising a conference aimed at inspiring people to “think differently” about their condition. To read more, click here. 

The deadline for diabetes hospital teams to enter a prestigious annual award is fast approaching.

The closing date for the 2015 Rowan Hillson Insulin Safety Award, which is organised by the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS – IP), closes on February 1. To read more, click here. 

Experts and members of the public with an interest in diabetes are set to gather next week for an international conference on the condition.

The International Diabetes Conference, will take place at the House of Commons and is being by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Diabetes (APPG). To read more, click here. 

Short bursts of intensive interval training provides a more realistic way of preventing, delaying and managing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study.

The findings also discovered that small amounts of vigorous activity in quick successions are more “effective” compared to longer forms of exercise in terms of optimising the body’s ability to use and store blood sugar, as well as losing weight. To read more, click here. 

A nasal spray with a powdered form of glucagon can rescue a hypo as quickly as injecting the drug, according to new research.

Glucagon is a hormone which helps the body to increase blood glucose levels, which is why some people with type 1 diabetes often refer to it as the “rescue” drug for severe hypos. To read more, click here. 

People with diabetes will be among the first to benefit from a major new drive to modernise how the NHS delivers care.

NHS England has teamed up with several leading technology firms to launch the first wave of the NHS Innovation Test Beds programme. To read more, click here.

Stressed young men may be at greater risk of getting type 2 diabetes in later life, according to new research. To read more, click here.