diabetes

World Diabetes Day takes place every year on 14 November to raise awareness of the condition, which has physical, psychological and behavioural implications for individuals. Read our resources covering assessment, management and care of patients with diabetes.


Clinical nurse employed as first specialist diabetes schools educator

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board hires paediatric nurse to provide training in...

Type 2 diabetes prevention programmes launches

Primary care nurses can refer patients at risk

Chancellor's sugar tax a 'good step' towards tackling childhood obesity...

George Osborne says levy will raise £530 million which will be used to fund sports...

Local role that’s hard to ignore

Launched by Diabetes UK in 2015, the clinical champion programme is already making a...

Specialist nurse joins online diabetes forum's panel of experts...

Leading diabetes nurse consultant June James takes advisory board role at diabetes.co.uk

Charity empowers nurses in management of diabetes cases

Diabetes UK launches new guide to insulin administration in the community

Diabetes UK wants specialist nurses to become clinical champions

Charity recruits nurse volunteers to lead and improve diabetes services

How to monitor blood glucose

Rationale and key points Capillary blood glucose monitoring is an essential component of...

MPs highlight failure to increase the number of diabetes nurses

The Public Accounts Committee has published a report on diabetes care

Improving self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Diabetes is an increasingly common life-long condition, which has significant physical,...

Working towards independence

Renal nursing is an ‘ever-expanding specialty’ that can provide nurses with a range of...

Suspect, detect and protect: lessons from a lipohypertrophy workshop for children’s...

This article describes a recent training workshop to educate children’s nurses on injection...

Nurses should encourage patients with diabetes to self-manage their condition

New campaign called Taking Control is launched to mark World Diabetes Day

Prevention and management of comorbid diabetes and depression

As the population ages, an increasing number of people are developing long-term conditions....

Diabetes UK appoints champions to drive improvements in care across the UK

UK charity and Danish experts team up to fight for equal treatment for all

Alliance plans 'wholesale changes' to diabetes care...

Nurses among those at international summit that emphasises improving patient self-management

Daily digest September 29 2015

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Advanced preparation of insulin syringes for adults with diabetes

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has launched an updated edition of its UK guidance for...

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