Latest guidance published by an award-winning diabetes nursing organisation ensures that people with diabetes and dementia will benefit from care tailored to both conditions.
Diabetes and Dementia: Guidance on Practical Management, which has been produced by Trend Diabetes, includes a series of recommendations to promote a consistent, high-quality approach towards caring for people with diabetes and dementia.
A commonly prescribed rheumatoid arthritis drug can suppress the progression of type 1 diabetes, according to a world-first clinical trial by researchers at St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia.
Led by Professors Thomas Kay and Helen Thomas, the trial has shown that a drug called baricitinib can safely and effectively preserve the body’s own insulin production and suppress the progression of type 1 diabetes in people who initiated treatment within 100 days of diagnosis.
Latest guidance on how to manage foot infections in people living with diabetes is now available for healthcare professionals.
The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) have released the guideline to improve the diagnosis and therapeutic management of foot infections among people with diabetes.
Healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes are invited to take part in the ongoing real world data collection from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD).
In the wake of the successful ABCD NHS England closed loop pilot audit, the organisation now has an ABCD NICE TA Closed-Loop Audit that requires involvement from people with diabetes.
The seventh podcast from the Diabetes Times hears from Diabetes and Acute Medicine Consultant, Dr Mayank Patel, who spoke about the ‘magic formula’ of University Hospital Southampton.
The Talking Diabetes series features leading healthcare professionals and academics as they share their expertise and thoughts on the hot topics from the world of diabetes.
Healthcare teams came together to honour the achievements highlighted in the annual X-PERT Health Audit Report and Awards. To read more, click here.
A ‘globally renowned’ consultant has won a major award for improving NHS care for people living with diabetes. To read more, click here.
An informative event to support doctors wishing to apply for a CCT in endocrinology and diabetes and GIM via the CESR route has been launched. To read more, click here.
More than 6,300 HypoCards have been handed out to people with diabetes providing vital advice on what to do should they have a hypo. To read more, click here.
A programme which aims to encourage people with type 2 diabetes to increase their physical activity has been launched.
The Milton Keynes Activity Reward Programme uses technology and financial incentives to support participants to improve their health over a 24-month period.
The Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge has announced £2.9 million funding for two major research projects in Wales, in a bid to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. To read more, click here.
A professor has outlined guidance on how to improve care for people with diabetes and other health conditions on the front cover of the global journal Diabetes Care. To read more, click here.
The times are indeed interesting. Leaving aside all the geopolitics of hate, despair and intolerance, I refer to the present situation around Medical Associate Professionals. My views of what should happen going forwards isn't the purpose of this blog. For those vaguely interested? It's on the BMJ website. To read more, click here.
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Diabetes Specialist Midwife – University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Staff Nurse – Diabetes and Endocrine – Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Diabetes Dietitian – University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse – Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
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