Results from the PROTECT study show that teplizumab can preserve beta cell function in children and adolescents newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Approved by the US FDA in November 2022, teplizumab is an immunotherapy drug proven to delay the onset of type 1 by up to three years in people at high-risk of developing type 1.
An award-winning digital health platform has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) for adults wanting to lose weight.
Gro Health’s W8Buddy tool has been endorsed by NICE for delivering a specialist weight-management service to people who are eligible for weight-loss medications such as Wegovy.
The number of pregnant women with early-onset type 2 diabetes now outnumbers those with type 1 diabetes, according to NHS Digital’s latest audit into pregnancy.
Between January 2021 and December 2022, a total of 10,225 pregnancies were recorded for women with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Approximately 50 per cent of people with type 1 diabetes in England are using wearable glucose monitors.
That is according to the findings of the latest National Diabetes Audit, which looked at the national trends of the condition between January 2021 and March 2022.
After a competitive recruitment process, Andrea Lake has been appointed as the new Chair of the Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse UK Group. To read more, click here.
Nurses working in the diabetes inpatient sector are being asked to take part in a survey to help gain perspective on their role in the workplace. To read more, click here.
A Leicester-based professor known as ‘Mr South Asian diabetes’ and the National Specialty Advisor, Diabetes with NHS England have been named as two of England’s most prominent individuals from an ethnic minority background making a profound difference in the NHS.
Professor Kamlesh Khunti CBE and Professor Partha Kar OBE have been listed in the Health Service Journal’s (HSJ) top 50 most influential Black, Asian and minority ethnic people in health list.
The importance of education for care professionals was discussed by a diabetes specialist dietitian in the latest online interview for the Diabetes Times. To read more, click here.
A newly launched guide outlining practical steps that can tackle diabetes stigma is the focus of an online interview for the Diabetes Times. To read more, click here.
More than 200 delegates from across the UK attended the first in person meeting organised by the Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) Forum.
Held at the Mary Ward House Conference Centre in central London, on Friday, October 13, this inaugural event took place after huge demand from members of the DSN Forum for a face-to-face meeting.
A GP with a special interest in diabetes has launched a new YouTube channel to address key aspects of type 2 diabetes care. To read more, click here.
A project designed to improve care for homeless people living with diabetes has got underway with the launch of a workshop. To read more, click here.
A new comic magazine highlighting common diabetes related situations that can occur in hospital has officially been launched. To read more, click here.
Different ways to offer structured education to adults living with type 1 and type 2 diabetes will be covered during an online event next month. To read more, click here.
Healthcare teams from all over the UK came together at the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) to celebrate the DESMOND Awards earlier this month.
DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self-Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) is a national education programme dedicated to providing support and self-management tools for people with, or at risk of, type 2 diabetes, and other long-term conditions.
A pioneering Welsh company has secured a prestigious award in its home country for developing a revolutionary diabetes device of global significance.
Forward-thinking Afon Technology has been awarded a prestigious Wales STEM Award for the creation of the world’s first non-invasive wearable blood glucose sensor.
Diabetes education and healthcare for homeless individuals will be among the topics being discussed at this year’s Community Nursing Now National Conference. To read more, click here.
A team of researchers have received funding to examine how existing drugs could delay the progression of kidney disease in people living with type 1 diabetes. To read more, click here.
"Why don't you stick to what is your area?" "Why this interest in X and Y?" "A new bandwagon to jump on, is it?" These are the intermittent questions or comments one gets whenever I pick an issue to focus on. It's not new. This happened even when I started work in the world of type 1 diabetes. To read more, click here.
Bringing you the latest jobs from around the country within the field of diabetes.
Clinical lead – diabetes (adults) – Medway Community Healthcare
Diabetes Specialist Nurse – Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Gastro and Diabetes Dietitian – Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Diabetes Nurse – Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
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