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ABCD launch Rising Star Award 2024

Young clinicians working in diabetes care are being invited to enter a national competition which showcases rising talent in the field. The Association for British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Risin...

Rowan Hillson Inpatient Diabetes Award 2024 launches with call for entries

One of the biggest awards in inpatient diabetes is once again up for grabs and diabetes teams are being encouraged to enter. The annual award, which is organised by the Joint British Diabetes Societie...

Sign up for new AI and diabetic foot ulcer webinar

A forthcoming webinar is to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) can help treat and manage diabetic foot ulcers. Hosted by SpectralMD, the online event will discuss how developing technologies inv...

Mortality risk of older people with type 2 diabetes reduced by SGLT2 inhibitors, study reveals

Older and frail people living with type 2 diabetes and heart failure are less likely to die if they take sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, new evidence has shown. Researchers have ide...

Leicester researcher joins global push to prevent type 1 diabetes

Professor Claire Meek at the University of Leicester is leading one of five global research projects receiving part of £1.5 million funding from JDRF and the Helmsley Charitable Trust to access a uniq...

DSN Forum UK publishes new insulin comparison chart

Healthcare professionals can now access a new insulin comparison chart developed by the Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) Forum UK. The diabetes nursing group has created the chart to provide healthcare...

Launch of new price saver site for prescribed products

Healthcare professionals who prescribe diabetes and pharmaceutical products have been urged to take advantage of a new price comparison saver website to get the best deal for their practice and the NH...

Diabetes professor appointed to national advisory role

Professor Pratik Choudhary has been appointed Chair of the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on driving and diabetes.  Data shows that more 4.38 million people in the ...

Registration open for national inpatient diabetes event

The management of diabetes in an inpatient setting will be the focus of a healthcare professional conference in June.  Taking place at The Royal Society of Medicine’s headquarters in London on Tuesday...