Care recommendations

This guideline has been developed to advise the treatment and hospital management  of Hypoglycaemia in adults with Diabetes Mellitus.

The guideline recommendations have been developed by a multidisciplinary team led by the Joint British Diabetes Society (JBDS) and including representation from Diabetes UK. People with diabetes have been involved in the development of the guidelines via stakeholder events organised by Diabetes UK.

It is intended that the guideline will be useful to clinicians and service commissioners in planning, organising and delivering high quality diabetes inpatient care. There remains, however, an individual responsibility of healthcare professionals to make decisions appropriate to the circumstance of the individual patient, informed by the patient and/or their guardian or carer and taking full account of their medical condition and treatment.

When implementing this guideline full account should be taken of the local context and in line with statutory obligations required of the organisation and individual. No part of the guideline should be interpreted in a way that would knowingly put people, patients or clinicians at risk.

March 2010