NICE publishes two diabetes consultations
Health watchdog NICE has opened consultation on two draft guidelines for adults with Type 1 diabetes and children and young people with either Type 1 or 2. Last year there were 24,000 children with...
View ArticleNICE developing new diabetes guidance
Health watchdog NICE is developing five pieces of guidance relating to diabetes over the next two years. Each guidance will focus on a different element of the care pathway, because of the breadth of...
View ArticleNICE set to recommend Type 2 diabetes drug empagliflozin
Health watchdog NICE has issued further draft guidance which recommends empagliflozin, marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim, for treating Type 2 diabetes. In a preliminary appraisal last August, NICE...
View ArticleNew thresholds for diagnosis of diabetes in pregnancy
The thresholds GPs use for diagnosing pregnant women with gestational diabetes should be lowered, according to updated NICE guidelines. It is being advised that if a pregnant woman has a fasting plasma...
View ArticleCuts and lack of leadership blamed over poor diabetes care
Frontline NHS doctors and nurses say a combination of cost-cutting measures and a perceived lack of local and national leadership are contributing to poor outcomes for people with diabetes, a new...
View ArticleSGLT-2 inhibitor backed by NICE for treating Type 2 diabetes
A new treatment for Type 2 diabetes has been recommended for the NHS by health watchdog NICE. Empagliflozin, also known as Jardiance, has been recommended as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes when taken...
View ArticleNew NICE guidelines ‘could miss’ gestational diabetes diagnosis
Women at risk of gestational diabetes could be overlooked because of new healthcare guidelines, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals...
View Article‘Nonsensical’ type 2 draft guidelines to be revisited
NICE has reopened the consultation on its new draft guidelines for type 2 diabetes in response to calls made from the diabetes community. The first draft received widespread criticism from clinicians...
View ArticleDiabetes UK calls for more guideline changes
The updated clinical guidance for type 2 diabetes need to “commit to on-going updates” to ensure people receive the best possible treatment, according to Diabetes UK. The guidance by the National...
View ArticleControversial type 2 NICE guidelines published
The controversial guidelines for type 2 diabetes in adults from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have finally been released. Significant concerns over the first draft of...
View ArticleConsultation for NICE indicators opens
Consultation for potential new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) indicators has opened. The indicators cover many different topics and settings, including diabetes care and...
View ArticleBetter sensor pump access for hypos announced
People with type 1 diabetes who experience severe hypos are being given better access to sensor-augmented pumps, it has been announced. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)...
View ArticleNICE diabetes guidelines debate
Leading figures from the diabetes community debated the merits of the updated NICE guidelines published last year. The new guidance represented “common sense” while criticisms were made about...
View ArticleNICE recommends three type 2 drugs
Final guidance recommending three drugs which could be used to treat type 2 diabetes has been issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Canagliflozin (Invokana),...
View ArticleChildren missing out on diabetes checks
Almost 75 per cent of children who have diabetes in England and Wales are not receiving the key health checks they are entitled to, a study has said. Out of a total of 27,682 children and young people...
View ArticleImmediate care for children with diabetes
A child suspected of having diabetes should immediately be seen by a specialist, according to new National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) quality standards. Immediate referral for...
View ArticleNICE issue final appraisal determination for dapagliflozin
The type 2 drug dapagliflozin is set to become more widely available to people in the UK after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued a Final Appraisal Determination (FAD)....
View ArticleNew safer insulin prescribing summary
NICE has published new advice about prescribing insulin to support improved clinical practice. The online resource called ‘Safer insulin prescribing’ summarises the evidence base in the therapeutic...
View ArticleDiabetes UK say NHS is restricting vital test strips
The number of people in the UK who are not receiving essential pieces of blood monitoring kit from the NHS has gone up in four years, according to Diabetes UK. The charity ran a UK-wide survey and...
View ArticleNICE updates type 2 diabetes guidance
Changes have been made to the guidance of type 2 diabetes management by the National Institute of Care and Excellence (NICE). The organisation has added text on sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2)...
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