People with diabetes do face a significantly higher risk of dying with COVID-19 with a third of deaths in England associated with the condition, according to new NHS research. Published in the ...
Around two million people in England are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, the highest on record, according to new NHS figures. The new figures come as the NHS ramps up efforts to treat, ...
Nearly 90,000 people have completed the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP) and lost a combined weight of 185,051kg. The first wave roll-out of the initiative started in ...
Almost 30,000 people across the country with type 1 diabetes have received a life-changing FreeStyle Libre through the NHS Long Term Plan, NHS England has said. The wearable sensor, which is the ...
The two doctors leading diabetes care at NHS England have been reappointed. Professor Jonathan Valabhji OBE has had his contract renewed as the National Clinical Director for Obesity and ...
Healthcare professionals are being urged not to write longer prescriptions than normal and to avoid stockpiling medicines, ahead of the UK leaving the European Union (EU) without a trade deal. ...
High dose statins could be made available directly from high street pharmacies as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to cut heart disease and stroke, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens has announced. ...
A standardised framework for the local commissioning of dental services for people with diabetes has been published by NHS England and NHS Improvement. This document, Commissioning ...
NHS England has issued a questionnaire to help shape a new website for adults with type 2 diabetes. Healthcare professionals as well as adults with type 2 diabetes and carers for someone living ...
Electronic insulin passports will be trialled in hospitals across the Wessex region as part of an initiative seeking to improve diabetes care through digital innovation. Dr Partha Kar, Associate ...