Latest NICE guidelines on glucose monitoring issued for review – Friday, November 26, 2021
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is inviting comments on three updated guidelines about the management of glucose monitoring.
Currently in the development stage, the guidelines are split into three reports outlining recommendations on how to manage glucose monitoring for people with type 1 diabetes, individuals with type 2 diabetes and for children with either of the conditions.
Diabetes Digital Media has announced that its Low Carb Program app has successfully passed the Digital Technology Assessment Criteria by NHSx.
The Digital Technology Assessment Criteria (DTAC) ensures products meet NHS standards in clinical safety, data protection, cyber security, interoperability and accessibility.
Healthcare professionals are being asked to provide information to help shape a review of the guideline, ‘Glycaemic management during enteral feeding’.
Members of the Joint British Diabetes Society Inpatient Care Group (JBDS) are asking those in secondary care to share data as part of the audit to establish: The prevalence of the use of enteral feeding, how diabetes teams manage glucose control for people with diabetes during enteral feeding and what level of glucose control is being achieved.
Professor Partha Kar OBE, the National Specialty Advisor for Diabetes with NHS England, will be among the keynote speakers at the first national conference from the UK Diabetes Inpatient Forum.
The date has now been revealed for the online event, which will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2022, to mark 100 years since insulin was first administered to a human.
A diabetic footcare specialist has talked about the developments in the field of acute footcare and the challenges of saving people from limb threatening conditions in the latest episode of The Big Interview. To read more, click here.
A top nurse consultant in diabetes spoke about her many accomplishments in, and the future of, diabetes nursing as part of the latest online Big Interview for the Diabetes Times. To read more, click here.
The internet is “awash with misleading information and terminology” about type 2 diabetes leading to “exploitation of a vulnerable group”, a charity shared. To read more, click here.
The relationship between Time in Range and the Glucose Management Indicator must be analysed to see how it may affect pregnant women with type 1 diabetes. To read more, click here.
Initial findings from a report into the number of people with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia across England have been published, new research has revealed. To read more, click here.
A global diabetes care organisation has been internationally honoured at the Joslin Diabetes Center High Hopes Gala. To read more, click here.
Ascensia Diabetes Care has announced the winners of its latest art and photography competition. To read more, click here.
People with type 2 diabetes who experience high rates of non-severe hypoglycaemia should be identified to try to reduce their risk of cardiovascular events, researchers have said. To read more, click here.
A research study has found that people aged over 30 with high HbA1c levels and elevated fasting blood glucose levels (FPG) are more likely to have fewer natural teeth remaining. To read more, click here.
JDRF has launched a campaign to showcase the daily burden of living with type 1 and the need for further investment into the development of exciting transformational treatments and cures. To read more, click here.
Steller efforts to continue vital support services for people with, and at risk of, type 2 diabetes during the pandemic will be recognised with the return of the Celebrating DESMOND Awards. To read more, click here.
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