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Diabetes Distilled: Blood pressure management should be pari passu in people living with and without type 2 diabetes

Are different blood pressure targets for people with and without type 2 diabetes warranted?

23 Aug 2022

At a glance factsheet: Lipids, cardiovascular risk and treatment targets

What the guidance says about this key area of treatment.

30 Jun 2022

Partial calcanectomy with antibiotic biocomposite injection for diabetes patients with heel ulcers and calcaneal osteomyelitis: a single stage treatment

15 Sep 2021

Improving outcomes for young adults with diabetes in Liverpool

Reza Zaidi and colleagues discuss the changes they implemented that resulted in improved engagement, support, hospital admissions and feedback over a 3-year period.

2 Mar 2020

How to manage diabetes in later life

Clinical considerations when caring for older or frail people with diabetes. A quick reference guide, updated in April 2020.

28 Feb 2020

Q&A: Diabetes and kidney disease. Part 2: management

Management of diabetic kidney disease: questions from primary care answered.

29 Oct 2019

At a glance factsheet: Diagnosis and management of hypertension in adults: Updated NICE guidance 2019

The key changes to NICE guidance on hypertension in adults.

23 Oct 2019

National audit shows improvements but persistent variation in care

Holly Robinson and colleagues from the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit discuss the improvements and variation in care highlighted by the 2017–18 audit.

17 Oct 2019

Q&A: Diabetes and kidney disease. Part 1: diagnosis

Diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease: questions from primary care answered.

8 Oct 2019

National audit finds urine albumin least often checked

Urine albumin care process checks are being completed less frequently than other checks across all types of diabetes, according to the latest National Diabetes Audit. Body mass index recording and foot examinations appear to have improved since the last audit. Most other care processes remain well completed, although less often in people with type 1 diabetes and in younger people with any type of diabetes.

30 Jul 2019

Editorial: The NHS Long Term Plan and primary care diabetes

Pam Brown, Editor-in-Chief, outlines what the changes to QOF mean for primary care diabetes in England and introduces the PCDS Clinical Hubs, an exciting new educational resource.

4 Mar 2019

New consensus on hyperglycaemia management in type 2 diabetes

The American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes have published a new consensus guidance document on the management of type 2 diabetes in adults. The guidance does not take a target-driven approach, rather suggesting that patient factors and preferences should inform the process of individualising treatment goals and strategies. It points out that not all people living with diabetes should have the same level of diabetes control and that patient-centred care is vital. It also acknowledges that the goals of treatment for type 2 diabetes are to prevent or delay complications and maintain quality of life.

10 Nov 2018

How to… diagnose and treat hypertension in diabetes

NOTE: An updated version of this guide has been published in March 2021.

22 Aug 2018

How to prepare people with diabetes for surgery

31 May 2018

A SIGN of the times: Implementing the new SIGN 154 diabetes guideline in primary care

An overview of the key clinical recommendations contained in the recently published guideline.

8 Mar 2018

Updated NICE CG71 guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia

The updated NICE guideline on familial hypercholesterolaemia provides amended recommendations on its identification and management.

3 Jan 2018

Studies that changed clinical practice. Steno-2: Multifactorial intervention in type 2 diabetes and microalbuminuria

13 Sep 2017