More than four million people now have diabetes in the UK mainly due to a rise in type 2 diabetes, according to a leading charity. The new figures, extracted from GP patient data and released by ...
An 11-year-old from Swindon and a Doncaster primary school are among the winners of a short film competition aimed at raising awareness of type 1 diabetes. The Diabetes in School Short Film ...
The president of Diabetes UK is stepping down after a decade of campaigning for the charity. Richard Lane OBE, who underwent the UK’s first fully successful islet cell transplant in 2004, ...
A pensioner from Colchester has become the first person in the UK to receive the H.G. Wells medal for living with diabetes for 80 years. Mr Whittaker, 88, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes ...
The updated clinical guidance for type 2 diabetes need to “commit to on-going updates” to ensure people receive the best possible treatment, according to Diabetes UK. The guidance by the ...
Hospitals in England and Wales are being encouraged to try out tests of change, based on the Diabetes Mortality and Morbidity project findings. Participating hospitals have until December 21 to ...
A report stating over a third of areas in England do not commission education for everyone with diabetes is only the “tip of the iceberg”, according to a leading researcher into the condition. ...
Dr Joan St John, a GP in Brent, explains how educating people with diabetes and healthcare professionals is at the heart of the National NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP). “As a ...
Three out of four pregnant women with diabetes “have higher than recommended blood glucose levels”, according to a new report. The National Pregnancy in Diabetes (NPID) audit, which ...
NHS leaders have been called on to defend their record of care for people living with diabetes in England by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Committee chair, Meg Hillier MP, reminded ...