A recording-breaking number of healthcare professionals attended Diabetes Professional Care to learn about the latest best practice to boost frontline NHS services.
Diabetes Professional Care, the UK’s leading conference for healthcare professionals working in diabetes which provides free education to support the NHS to improve care, took place on Wednesday, November 16, and Thursday, November 17, at Olympia London.
A global healthcare company has announced that its FreeStyle LibreLink app is now compatible with Novo Nordisk’s smart connected insulin pens in the UK.
Individuals using Abbott’s updated Freestyle LibreLink app and NovoPen® 6 and NovoPen Echo® Plus devices will now be able to easily view glucose and insulin dosing data together.
Hospital teams are invited to fill in a survey on which healthcare professionals are needed to deliver good inpatient diabetes care.
Launched by the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care (JBDS-IP), the survey aims to outline the right number of staff needed to deliver an ideal, state of the art inpatient diabetes service in the UK.
An award-winning diabetes nursing group has launched two educational resources this month to mark World Diabetes Day.
Healthcare professionals were able to celebrate the national awareness day by accessing Trend Diabetes’ new e-learning platform and sensor technology toolkit.
The NHS has published six principles of good peer support for people with type 1 diabetes as it claims help from others in the same position is beneficial for those living with the condition.
According to the diabetes community, a key benefit of peer support is access to the help from peers who also deal with such issues day in, day out.
A “life-changing” immunotherapy drug proven to delay the development of type 1 diabetes has been given the green light by an official regulatory board in the United States.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved teplizumab to delay the onset of type 1 diabetes in adults and children aged eight years and older.
A world-renowned health centre has highlighted five health behaviours people with diabetes should be aware of to help them better manage their condition to coincide with World Diabetes Day. To read more, click here.
Personalised physical activity support to help manage diabetes and other long-term conditions has been shared in the new Steps4Health web app created by the Leicester Diabetes Centre. To read more, click here.
An international drive to highlight to the importance of prevention and adequate management of diabetes has been proposed following a review of diabetes care following the COVID-19 pandemic. To read more, click here.
Healthcare professionals are invited to join a National Diabetes Audit (NDA) Quality Improvement Collaborative to help address gaps in the use of insulin pumps by people living with type 1 diabetes. To read more, click here.
An international diabetes expert has published a new book on type 1 diabetes-related technologies. To read more, click here.
A Surrey diabetes team has won a distinguished national award for raising awareness of hypoglycaemia. To read more, click here.
Using continuous glucose monitoring to diagnose pregnant women with gestational diabetes is more effective than the standard oral glucose tolerance test, research has demonstrated.
A team of academics assessed the acceptability, feasibility, and accuracy of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) as a diagnostic test for gestational diabetes.
New research has revealed that once-weekly semaglutide one mg is a more cost-effective way to treat type 2 diabetes compared to insulin aspart. To read more, click here.
A trial screening programme for type 1 diabetes that could transform the way the condition is managed in its earliest stages, opens for recruitment today. To read more, click here.
The University of Surrey is inviting all services commissioned to provide community nursing care to people living with diabetes to complete an online survey. To read more, click here.
A new eLearning course to aid healthcare professionals to treat and manage under 18-year-olds with type 1 diabetes has been launched. To read more, click here.
DRWF funded research is making a life-changing difference for a small number of people living with type 1 diabetes by providing hope of a future cure for the condition. To read more, click here.
Phil Aird-Mash has been appointed as the new JDRF Chair of the Board of Directors after a competitive recruitment process. To read more, click here.
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