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New diabetes safety training aims to reduce avoidable inpatient harm
The Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme (CDEP) has launched a new competency-based training topic to give hospital trusts a practical, scalable and auditable way to equip staff with essential diabe...
Healthcare professionals invited to shape future of CVRM care
Specialists working in the cardiovascular, renal and metabolic (CVRM) field are being encouraged to share their views on integrated care through a new survey led by CVRM Professional Care. The questio...
Roche Diagnostics announced as sponsor of Hypo Awareness Week 2026
Hypo Awareness Week 2026 has been funded by means of sponsorship from pharmaceutical companies and medical technology companies. The sponsoring companies are Roche, Ascensia and Sanofi which have had ...
Accreditation programme improves diabetes inpatient care, consultant says
An accreditation programme aimed at strengthening adult inpatient diabetes services is helping hospitals raise standards of care, according to a leading diabetes consultant who has highlighted its gro...
Winner announced for The Diabetes Exchange – South Korea 2026
Spirit Health has announced Dr Kevin Fernando, Portfolio GP at NHS Lothian, as the winner of a place on The Diabetes Exchange – South Korea. Kevin was selected from an exceptionally competitive field ...
Registrations now open for Hypo Awareness Week 2026
Hypo Awareness Week 2026 has been funded by means of sponsorship from pharmaceutical companies and medical technology companies. The sponsoring companies are Roche, Ascensia and Sanofi which have had ...
Lyla’s Law campaign secures major government changes after toddler’s tragic death
A grieving father who vowed to prevent other families suffering the same heartbreak has secured ‘life-saving’ changes to the way type 1 diabetes is identified in children across England, following a r...
Diabetes professor awarded OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
Professor Wasim Hanif, Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Professor Hanif, who has worked at...
Daily Wegovy tablet approved in UK
People in the UK could soon have access to a pill version of Wegovy after regulators approved the medication for prescription use, making it the first oral GLP-1 weight-loss treatment of its kind to r...