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Homelessness and diabetes: nurses urged to help improve care
A nurse-led project has uncovered the challenges faced by people who are homeless and have diabetes and the ways that…
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Diabetes nurses speak out over role substitution
Diabetes specialist nurses, and other experts in the disease, have spoken out against the practice of replacing nurses with nursing…
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Nurses supporting efforts to curb rising tide of diabetes
A nurse-led group has created a new resource to help primary care staff respond to the increasing number of people…
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New guidance on caring for diabetes patients at end of life
Guidance for nurses managing end-of-life care patients with diabetes has been published by the organisation Trend Diabetes. The guidance is…
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Blood glucose test ‘underestimates’ diabetes risk in South Asians
A blood test routinely used for diagnosing and monitoring diabetes may be inaccurate in one out of 13 patients of…
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Diabetes nursing group creates leaflet on safety in Ramadan
A new leaflet has been published by a team of specialist nurses to help ensure the safety of Muslim people…
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Calls for nurse training to spot diabetes disordered eating
Lack of training and education and poor integration between specialist services are preventing nurses from identifying and treating people with…
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Nurses warned about ongoing shortage of diabetes drugs
The shortage of a class of diabetes medicines that is leaving some patients without access to their recommended treatment is…
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Transdermal blood taking ‘reliable’ for children with diabetes
A less invasive method of taking blood samples from children with type 1 diabetes has been found to be a…
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NICE backs ‘game changing’ hybrid closed-loop systems for type 1 diabetes
Advanced technology that combines HbA1c monitoring with insulin pumps has been recommended for patients with type 1 diabetes by the…
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