Amended guidance on the primary care management of older people with type 2 diabetes is now available for healthcare professionals to access.
The European Geriatric Medicine Society and the European Diabetes Working Party for Older People has released an updated version of the Essential steps in primary care management of older people with type 2 diabetes guideline.
Care England is supporting the National Advisory Panel on Care Home Diabetes (NAPCHD) as it aims to improve the quality of providers across the social care sector.
The NAPCHD guidelines provide a framework within which adult social care providers can understand what best practice looks like and drive to ensure this is reflected in care delivery.
People with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes could now be prescribed Wegovy® through a controlled and limited launch.
Wegovy® was made available in the UK on Monday, September 4, 2023, Novo Nordisk has announced.
Healthcare professionals have been invited to apply to become a member of an established endocrinology and diabetes committee.
The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD), the Society for Endocrinology and the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the UK are seeking to appoint a member of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Specialty Certificate Examining Board (SCE) Board.
Wegovy helps improve symptoms of heart failure in people with preserved ejection fraction, according to research in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A new study has highlighted that Wegovy shows broader health benefits than weight loss alone, including improving physical activity and reducing the risk of heart complications.
People with type 2 diabetes could soon be offered a new blood test which may be able to detect if they are at risk of developing cardiovascular and kidney disease. To read more, click here.
The importance of educating healthcare professionals was the main topic of conversation in the fifth episode of the Talking Diabetes podcast. To read more, click here.
Time is running out to register for a campaign which helps to spread awareness about hypoglycaemia. To read more, click here.
A diabetes charity is inviting people living with the condition to attend an educational event on the topic next week. To read more, click here.
Healthcare professionals are being urged to encourage the people they treat who have type 1 or 2 diabetes to attend an event dedicated to the condition later this month.
The InDependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT) will be hosting the face-to-face conference at the Kettering Park Hotel on Saturday, September 30.
Approximately 150 specialist heart failure, renal and diabetes nurses from across the UK attended an event this summer dedicated to these topics. To read more, click here.
Depression can play a direct role in the development of type 2 diabetes, according to research examining the relationship of the two conditions. To read more, click here.
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