The new GP contract has been praised for factoring in frailty and individualised diabetes care.
Dr Partha Kar, NHS England’s Associate National Director, Diabetes and Consultant Endocrinologist at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has said he is “delighted” that frailty and individualised diabetes cares has been addressed.
A new version of a digital programme designed to educate people with diabetes and healthcare professionals about how to manage the challenges of hypoglycaemia has been launched.
Novo Nordisk has joined forces with Diabetes Digital Media (DDM) to offer a free digital ‘Hypo Program’ and mobile app, providing a structured suite of personalised educational resources to increase awareness and management of hypoglycaemia in people living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Healthcare professionals who care for people with diabetes are being asked to take a survey related to new language guidance.
The Language Matters; Language and Diabetes guidance was published in June and was developed by NHS England to help encourage positive interactions with people living with diabetes and subsequently positive outcomes.
Leaflets covering travel and steroids have been published for nurses to distribute to people with diabetes.
Both documents have been written by diabetes nursing organisation TREND-UK and published on the organisation’s website.
The UK’s 25 most influential researchers who study diabetes complications have been named.
The ‘Leaders in Diabetes Complications’ list is based on the impact of the research published by the authors and is part of a new DT series.
A study to find the most appropriate duration of antibiotic therapy for diabetic foot infections (DFIs) has taken place. But the analysis, carried out by the University of Geneva, found “no threshold for the optimal duration or route of administration of antibiotic therapy to prevent recurrences” of DFI. To read more, click here.
Free Diabetes Prevention Week toolkits are now available to pre-order for those who are taking part in the campaign later this year. The week-long awareness campaign will take place from April 1, 2019 and is a joint partnership between NHS England, Public Health England and Diabetes UK. To read more, click here.
Extracting faeces from healthy people and injecting it into those with type 2 diabetes is being investigated as part of a new treatment for the condition. To read more, click here.
A parliamentary committee from Australia is set to visit a leading low-carb advocate to learn more about the pioneering approach. To read more, click here.
A diabetes charity has slammed the Government saying it is “gambling with people’s health” amid concerns Brexit may impact insulin supplies. To read more, click here.
Advances in diabetes technology will be showcased by a team of top specialists at a meeting taking place in June. To read more, click here.
A team of healthcare professionals from Southampton is using a football match to test for type 2 diabetes. To read more, click here.
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Diabetes Specialist Nurse – King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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Dr Partha Kar's blog – Out there
It's one of those things which seems to have slowly, sometimes too slowly, shown signs of improvement. It's that view of specialists about primary care and the view of "out there".
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