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Editorial: Smoking and COVID-19: Unravelling the risks and signposting resources

How smoking affects outcomes, plus a wider look at the benefits of quitting.

As the vaccination programme gathers steam, what’s next for diabetes services?

Su Down highlights three recent publications that will prove valuable for diabetes services emerging from lockdown.

The only constant in life is change — a case study of new working practices for podiatry and district nursing due to COVID-19

Diabetes Distilled: Metformin and COVID-19 mortality risk

Pre-admission metformin treatment may be associated with significantly reduced mortality from COVID-19 amongst women with type 2 diabetes or obesity.

COVID-19 and diabetes: Update for primary care in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

PCDS statement, in association with ABCD and Diabetes UK, providing an important update and recommendations for practice, with links to relevant resources.

Diabetes Distilled: Mortality risk with COVID-19 in Scotland

Risk of adverse COVID-19 outcomes in people with diabetes, and using Scottish data to create a predictive risk model.

COVID-19 and diabetes: Update for primary care in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

PCDS statement, in association with ABCD and Diabetes UK, providing an important update and recommendations for practice, with links to relevant resources.

A round-up of an extraordinary year

Despite all the hardship, Su Down looks for the positives in 2020 and celebrates the adaptivity and inventiveness of healthcare teams across the NHS.

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on glycaemic control in young people with type 1 diabetes: a retrospective review at a large hospital

11th Welsh Conference of the PCDS: Part 2

COVID-19 and diabetes: More practical messages for primary care practice.

Diabetic walk-in clinic: a model of care to support patient activation?

PCDS Question Time: Prescribing guidance in primary care

An expert panel of four PCDS committee members answers questions from primary care on delivering diabetes care during the COVID-19 pandemic, prescribing guidance and more.

Achieving diabetes remission in the second wave

As we face the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Su Down emphasises the importance of supporting people to maintain or improve their glycaemic control and to lose weight, and highlights some opportunities to do this.

COVID-19 as a catalyst for change: virtual foot protection

Case report: diabetic foot amputation prevention during COVID-19

Learning from COVID-19: developing a more efficient podiatry service

How to prioritise primary care diabetes services during and post COVID-19 pandemic

As the acute phase of the pandemic recedes, teams face significant backlogs of diabetes reviews. This how-to guide outlines how to stratify people with diabetes according to their risk of COVID-19 and diabetes complications, so that the most urgent cases for review can be prioritised.

Prioritising primary care diabetes services during and post COVID-19 pandemic

As the acute phase of the pandemic recedes, practices and community teams face significant backlogs of diabetes reviews. It is important to prioritise care delivery to those who need more urgent reviews until services catch up.

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