A diabetes nurse from Leicester helped to provide free healthcare to more than 200 people during a trip to Rwanda. Geri Gray, who is a Diabetes Specialist Nurse at the Leicester Diabetes Centre, ...
An education programme for healthcare professionals developed by the Leicester Diabetes Centre has been accredited and rated as “excellent” by a leading general practice association. The Royal ...
Many people with Type 2 diabetes are not “adequately” reaching individual targets for blood sugar levels because of the continuing “phenomenon” of ‘clinical inertia’, researchers have concluded. ...
Muslims with diabetes who are choosing to fast during Ramadan are being urged to “stay safe” by a national awareness campaign. Ramadan in 2015 started on Thursday, June 18, and will continue for ...
Many people with Type 2 diabetes are being failed by their health providers because these organisations are avoiding their responsibility to ensure access to the “basic and fundamental right” of ...
Health bosses need to ensure people with diabetes have access to self-management education to avoid the “misery” of the condition’s complications and a “looming NHS crises”, a leading researcher ...
Two professors from Leicester have been named in a list of the top ten diabetes experts in the world. Professors Kamlesh Khunti and Melanie Davies were recognised among the global elite in their ...
Leicester has been described as a “leading global force” in diabetes care as the city celebrates its 70-year anniversary of providing pioneering services for people with the condition. The ...
Everybody with diabetes should have access to psychological support, according to a national conference held today. When someone is diagnosed with a life-long condition such as diabetes access to ...
Leading diabetes doctors from the Middle East are learning more about the condition at an international event held in Leicester. Clinicians from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are ...