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Past editions
National Pregnancy in Diabetes Audit 2025 published – Friday, July 31
Roche Diagnostics Accu-Chek SmartGuide users to transition to mySugr app – Saturday, July 11
International diabetes researcher becomes Dame – Friday, June 19
Finalists announced for the Diabetes Nursing Awards 2026 – Friday, May 22
Diabetes Nursing Awards 2026 now open for entries – Friday, March 13
Leading diabetes conference rebranded to unite healthcare specialisms – Friday, February 20
Global study reveals major gaps in diabetes care targets – Friday, December 5
Rowan Hillson Award 2025 winner announced – Friday, October 3
SGLT-2 inhibitors to become first-choice treatments for type 2 diabetes – Friday, August 22
Consultation timeline updated for NICE type 2 diabetes guideline – Friday, August 8
New diabetes safety board guide launched by GIRFT – Friday, July 18
Winners announced at the Diabetes Nursing Awards 2025 – Friday, June 20
‘Game-changing’ artificial pancreas app now available on iOS in the UK – Friday, May 23
Ypsomed and CamDiab launch mylife Loop on iOS – Friday, March 28
Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2025 special edition – Friday, February 28
New guideline on managing type 1 diabetes in care homes published – Friday, November 29
QiC Diabetes 2024 finalists announced – Friday, October 25
Updated GIRFT diabetes metrics on the Model Health System published – Friday, October 4
CamAPS FX associated with better glucose management, study suggests – Friday, August 30
Tribute to Dr Bob Young – Friday, August 16
Data tool calculates benefits of employing more DISNs – Friday, July 26
Responses sought for GIRFT’s snapshot inpatient diabetes survey – Friday, July 5
New recommendations to improve end of life care for people with diabetes – Friday, June 14
CamDiab secures FDA approval for advanced adaptive hybrid closed loop app CamAPS FX – Friday, May 24
Diabetes technology the focus of revised JBDS guideline – Friday, May 3
Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2024 special edition – Friday, April 19
NHS to launch ‘first of its kind’ diabetes survey – Friday, March 15
New insulin comparison chart published – Friday, March 1
Date unveiled for Inpatient Diabetes Conference 2024 – Friday, February 9
New National Clinical Director of Diabetes and Obesity announced – Friday, January 12
Review of 2023 – Friday, December 29
Diabetes and dementia management at the heart of new guideline – Friday, December 8
Shortage of inpatient diabetes staff identified – Friday, September 22
Updated older people and type 2 diabetes guideline published – Friday, September 8
NHS England to recruit new National Clinical Director for Diabetes – Friday, July 21
ADA 2023 SPECIAL EDITION – Friday, June 30
NHS to open new specialist clinics for obese children and young people – Friday, June 16
Accreditation programme set to improve diabetes inpatient care in UK first – Friday, May 26
Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2023 special edition – Friday, April 28
Interim findings of diabetes guidance for care home staff published – Friday, March 31
Specialist NHS services to supply NICE approved weight-loss drug – Friday, March 10
Continuous ketone monitoring predicted for type 1 diabetes, specialist says – Friday, February 24
Review of 2022 – Friday, December 30, 2022
Diabetes consultant appointed new ABCD Chair – Friday, December 9, 2022
Leading diabetes conference gives ‘vital boost’ to care – Friday, November 18, 2022
Sensor technology toolkit launched – Friday, November 4, 2022
QiC Awards 2022 winners announced at prestigious ceremony – Friday, October 14, 2022
Revised ADA and EASD hyperglycaemia guidance now available – Friday, September 30, 2022
Latest JBDS dialysis guideline published – Friday, August 19, 2022
Pioneering diabetes training and guidance launched in care homes – Friday, July 22, 2022
Metabolic frailty phenotyping guidance published – Friday, July 8, 2022
Updated metformin and B12 guidance published – Friday, June 24, 2022
Rowan Hillson Award 2022 winner announced – Friday, May 20, 2022
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 now available for use in the UK – Friday, March 25, 2022
Diabetes community supports Ukraine – Friday, March 11, 2022
Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state management guidelines updated – Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 3 to be made available in upcoming months – Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Review of 2021 – Friday, December 31, 2021
Latest NICE guidelines on glucose monitoring issued for review – Friday, November 26, 2021
World Diabetes Day edition – Friday, November 12, 2021
New NICE guidelines for type 2 diabetes out for consultation – Friday, October 1, 2021
New guide produced for people with diabetes awaiting surgery – Friday, August 6, 2021
ADA 2021 SPECIAL EDITION – Friday, July 2, 2021
New guidelines published on the management of diabetic ketoacidosis – Friday, June 25, 2021
New guidelines on hyperglycaemia and steroids – Friday, June 4, 2021
Major increase in life-threatening DKA rates reported – Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Virtual ward setting guidance for COVID-19 and diabetes published – Friday, March 26, 2021
Guidelines for dexamethasone in care home residents with diabetes issued – Friday, March 5, 2021
NHS England delivers insulin delegation administration resources – Friday, January 29, 2021
Updated NICE guidelines for children and young people – Friday, January 15, 2021
QiC award winners announced virtually – Friday, October 23, 2020
Winner of the Rowan Hillson Inpatient Safety Award announced – Friday, September 11, 2020
ABCD launches nationwide COVID-19 and diabetes audit – Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Dexamethasone guideline published by COVID-19 diabetes group – Friday, July 10, 2020
Diabetes nurses asked to complete COVID-19 survey – Friday, June 26, 2020
A third of COVID-19 deaths in England linked to diabetes – Thursday, May 28, 2020
Diabetes Programme delivery milestones delayed amid COVID-19 – Tuesday, April 7, 2020
NHS England publishes guide for managing diabetes and COVID-19 – Friday, March 20, 2020
BREAKING NEWS Coronavirus forces Diabetes UK to cancel conference – Friday, March 6, 2020
FreeStyle Libre delivers positive outcomes for type 1 and type 2 – Friday, February 21, 2020
JDRF report highlights access to type 1 technology barriers – Friday, February 6, 2020
ABCD releases Position Statement on frailty and diabetes – Friday, January 24, 2020
Sanofi committed to diabetes care – Friday, January 10, 2020
Nursing group releases basal insulin in type 2 guidelines – Friday, November 29, 2019
WDD SPECIAL EDITION: DPC2019 attracts record-breaking numbers – Thursday, November 14, 2019
Countdown to DPC2019 – Thursday, October 24, 2019
Best practice in UK diabetes care recognised at QiC awards – Friday, October 18, 2019
Exeter creates diabetes diagnosis classification calculator – Friday, October 4, 2019
NICE publishes hypertension flowchart covering type 2 diabetes – Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Stevens makes statins announcement at NHS Expo – Friday, September 6, 2019
European diabetes and cardiovascular guidelines published – Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Good inpatient diabetes service masterplan outlined – Tuesday, August 20, 2019
NICE recruiting for diabetes guideline committees – Friday, August 2, 2019
Recommendations for CGM time-in-range targets – Friday, June 21, 2019
DKA and HHS recommendations made after review – Friday, June 7, 2019
New tool to boost referrals to diabetes education programmes – Friday, May 24, 2019
May deadline for FreeStyle Libre data collection – Friday, May 9, 2019
Consultation underway on diabetes NICE guidelines – Friday, April 26, 2019
Education and training proposals following diabetes midwife survey – Friday, April 5, 2019
FreeStyle Libre audit reveals improved control – Friday, March 22, 2019
NHS England updates FreeStyle Libre access criteria – Friday, March 8, 2019
DVLA approves CGM devices for driving with diabetes – Friday, February 22, 2019
GP contract praised for including individualised diabetes care – Friday, February 8, 2019
Recommendations on back of ‘concerning’ transitional audit – Friday, January 25, 2019
Ascensia agrees partnership to roll out Low Carb Program – Friday, January 11, 2019
Review of 2018 – Friday, December 28, 2018
Festive elf delivers daily diabetes messages to hospital staff – Friday, December 14, 2018
Diabetes UK defends Britvic deal – Friday, November 30, 2018
Submissions required for annual Rowan Hillson safety award – Friday, November 2, 2018
2018 QiC Diabetes winners announced – Friday, October 19, 2018
Type 2 hyperglycaemia statement updated – Friday, October 5, 2018
Diabetes injection technique initiative relaunched – September 21, 2018
ABCD launches FreeStyle Libre audit tool – September 7, 2018
Changes to diabetes QOF indicators on horizon – August 24, 2018
SGLT2i tool developed after evidence review – July 27, 2018
NHS England proposes diabetes QoF changes – July 13, 2018
RCGP releases type 2 diabetes online module – June 29, 2018
NHS England issues language and diabetes guidance – June 15, 2018
Nursing group releases SGLT2 guidance – June 1, 2018
NHS launches inpatient diabetes harms audit – May 10, 2018
Call for ‘regular’ medicine reviews for type 2 diabetes – April 27, 2018
Top UK nurse slams ‘extremely worrying’ state of diabetes nursing – April 12, 2018
NHS Mandate pledges diabetes commitment – March 30, 2018
Inpatient audit reveals no DSNs in quarter of hospitals – March 16, 2018
New edition of hospital hypos guideline published – March 9, 2018
FreeStyle Libre prescription rise after drug tariff approval – No 107
NHS issues letter addressing FreeStyle funding policies – No 106
Diabetes framework document shows ‘progress’ among CCGs – No 105
Input required for diabetes inpatient roadmap – No 104
Type 2 diabetes glycaemic control guideline published – No 102
Footcare commissioning guide released – No 101
Record numbers attend Diabetes Professional Care 2017 – No 100
Resources issued to help FreeStyle Libre formulary inclusion – No 98
Audit report on pregnancy in diabetes released – No 97
One in three unaware of foot ulcer dangers – No 96
NHS Drug Tariff approval for FreeStyle Libre System – No 95
Hospital DKA treatment cost tops £2,000 – No 94
Diabetes and pregnancy clinical guideline published – No 93
New DKA condensed guideline – No 92
SGLT2i-associated DKA flagged up in study – No 91
Annual diabetes checks can increase survival rates by half – No 90
NHS England releases diabetes pathway – No 89
Major NHS England diabetes announcements expected today – No 88
Diabetes injection technique guidelines updated – No 87
NICE updates type 2 diabetes guidance – No 86
Diabetes nurse organisation releases insulin safety leaflet – No 85
NHS England announces diabetes funding results – No 84
Warning over Lucozade sugar reduction – No 83
NDA seeks new GP clinical lead – No 82
Hospital hypos on the decrease according to latest NaDIA results – No 81
Childhood type 1 diabetes control improves again – No 80
Mandatory participation in NDA for general practice – No 79
CGM improves glucose control in type 1 diabetes – No 78
Type 2 diabetes prevention programme expanded – No 77
EXCLUSIVE: NHS England invites diabetes funding bids – No 75
Alert over insulin withdrawal from pen devices – No 74
Super Six reduces diabetes-related hospital admissions – No 73
World Diabetes Day special – No 72
Low carb diet saves NHS £4m in diabetes costs – No 71
Excellence in diabetes care rewarded – No 70
£40m pledged to support people with diabetes – No 69
Insulin glargine and lixisenatide study results released – No 68
Diabetes quality care review published – No 67
NICE: Type 1 people should get structured education – No 66
Vote for your diabetes hero – No 65
Rise in avoidable diabetes hospital visits – No 64
Immediate care for children with diabetes – No 63
Audit results show foot ulcer drop – No 62
Novo publishes positive Victoza® results – No 61
NICE recommends three type 2 drugs – No 60
Prevention programme update – No 59
Diabetes Inpatient Audit dates confirmed – No 58
Rowan Hillson award winners announced – No 57
First footcare audit findings released – No 56
National diabetes prevention drive launched – No 55
Diabetes service achieves ‘seamless approach’ – No 54
SPECIAL EDITION: News from Diabetes UK Professional Conference 2016
Canagliflozin audit examines ‘real life benefits’ – No 52
Consultation for NICE indicators opens – No 51
Core National Diabetes Audit results published – No 50
NHS health check boosts type 2 detection – No 49
Diabetes professor awarded CBE – No 48
Diabetes care review begins – No 47
Controversial type 2 NICE guidelines published – No 46
Winners of DESMOND awards revealed – No 45
New NHS ratings ‘good news’ for diabetes – No 44
Inspirational’ work praised at awards – No 43
ospitals support Hypo Awareness Week – No 42
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