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QiC Diabetes Awards 2025 – entries now open
Healthcare professionals working in diabetes care can now enter a prestigious awards programme which recognises, rewards and shares innovative practice in the field. Organisers have announced that hea...
New diabetes technology survey launched
Diabetes specialist nurses are being asked to complete a survey related to hybrid closed-loop (HCL) systems and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The DSN Forum UK has launched the survey to assess ...
Date of upcoming diabetes inpatient conference unveiled
The Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for Inpatient Care has announced the date of its national conference. During the Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2025, Dr Omar Mustafa, Consultant Physi...
Poor referrals are limb and life-threatening, specialist podiatrist warns
Timely onward referrals will reduce high numbers of amputations in at risk people with diabetes, an experienced podiatrist has revealed. Jayne Robbie, who is also a Senior Lecturer in Diabetes Care at...
Young people with type 2 diabetes should be under secondary care, consultant says
Secondary care teams should also look after young people aged between 16 and 25 who are living with type 2 diabetes, an Honorary Consultant in Diabetes has said. Speaking at the Diabetes UK Profession...
New tool offers major opportunity to transform type 2 diabetes treatment
Millions of people with type 2 diabetes could receive better treatment thanks to a new, simple low-cost tool, researchers have said. This is according to groundbreaking research announced at the Diabe...
New glucose-releasing snack launched to reduce hypos
A new plant-based energy snack which releases glucose into the blood stream for up to five hours has been launched in a bid to help manage hypoglycaemia. Developed by expert carbohydrate engineers at ...
Information sought for new JBDS guidance on diabetes technology in hospital
A diabetes inpatient group is inviting healthcare professionals to support the development of its new guideline on the use of technology in hospital. The Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for I...
Teenager becomes first person in the UK to receive groundbreaking diabetes treatment
Birmingham Children’s Hospital is the first in the UK to provide children in clinical care with a groundbreaking treatment called teplizumab, which delays type 1 diabetes. Sam, 14, from Kings Norton w...