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Diabetes Resource Centre

Diabetes Resource Centre				Type 1 diabetes in adults and children In collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Nursing in Practice brings you a series of special bulletins featuring an overview of guidance for healthcare professionals. Click here to access the guidance on Type 1 diabetes in adults and children. Diabetes expert: Margaret Stubbs Margaret Stubbs is the Clinical Lead for Diabetes at a walk-in centre and GP surgery in Portsmouth. She holds an MSc in Primary Care from the University of Surrey Postgraduate Medical School and has been a member of the RCN Diabetes Forum steering committee. Margaret has published a book, Journey through Pudendal Neuralgia,as well as a number of letters in nursing and medical journals. She qualified in January 1982 at Guy's Hospital, London and has been involved with diabetes care since 1999. Diabetes expert blog Read Margaret's latest blog Advising patients at their annual review Margaret's previous diabetes blogs Patient empowerment in diabetes Diabetes: a lifetime of choices Diabetes and the festive season Diabetes in the young: a ticking time bomb? Hot topics in diabetes Useful links NICE guidance: Diabetes Clinical Knowledge Summaries: Type 2 Diabetes Communicate with patients NHS Choices: Diabetes Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Sign up to receive the very latest on diabetes Name: Email address:
The Nursing in Practice Diabetes Resource Centre brings you the latest news and clinical developments in diabetes to help you diagnose and treat patients, and support them in self-managing their condition. With the diabetes population currently at around 2.5 million in the UK, frontline healthcare professionals face increasing pressure to deliver and develop programmes to deal with a condition that has the potential to overwhelm the health service. The complications of diabetes, which include cardiovascular disease, kidney failure and stroke, can be serious and costly, and much of the expenditure on diabetes relates to the management of complications.
Latest diabetes news Hospitals make medication errors for almost 4,000 diabetics Thursday 17 May 2012 Almost one in three diabetics received at least one medication error while undergoing treatment in hospitals. More evidence needed for diabetes drug Friday 20 April 2012 Healthcare professionals should refrain from encouraging type 2 diabetes patients to combine metformin with insulin. Half of people with diabetes 'have high blood pressure' Wednesday 11 April 2012 Half of all diabetics in the England risk “damaging” consequences through failing to control their blood pressure NICE recommends once-weekly diabetes drug Friday 13 January 2012 The NHS drugs watchdog has recommended a once-weekly injection for patients with type 2 diabetes		Latest diabetes clinical articles The emotional impact of diabetes in childhood Thursday 6 October 2011 Parents experience a range of emotions when their child is diagnosed with diabetes. Nurses need an understanding of their grief to be able to support these families as they try to adapt to their new lives Self-monitoring of blood glucose – how cost effective is it? Tuesday 19 July 2011 Since the use point of care blood glucose monitoring became commonplace, it has generated interest and discussion around cost, suitability for specific patients, clinical outcomes and quality of testing Delivering a diabetes self-management programme Wednesday 25 May 2011 A six-week structured education programme is improving the lives of people with diabetes and helping to tackle one of the most common conditions in the UK Nutritional management of blood lipids in diabetes Thursday 24 March 2011 This article looks at dietary advice to improve blood lipid profiles and reduce cardiovascular risk in diabetes, which includes the promotion of ‘cardio-protective’ foods that won’t necessarily lower blood cholesterol
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Effective nutritional interventions for diabetes control Monday 27 September 2010 The prevalence of diabetes is not decreasing, and since it would appear that the profession is doing all it can to reduce and manage the incidence of diabetes, what more can be done?