Update 2007

Summer 2007

Update

 

 

 

Content

Articles available to download:

 

Doctor, doctor
The second in our series on specialising in diabetes.

Home testing
Our fact sheet on helping people to choose a method of monitoring their blood glucose.
 

Articles not available online:


News
  • Report reveals extent of NHS financial crisis
  • Missed targets spell diabetes heartache
  • New Scottish government promises a new deal for health
  • Home or clinic? Kids’ study to DECIDE
  • Healthcare Commission reveals mixed results for diabetes
  • New focus on acute and in-hospital care for diabetes

Comment

  • Making every young person with diabetes matter.
    Prof Peter Hindmarsh calls for better children’s diabetes services

Features

  • Home times
    When do children and young people benefit from home visits?
  • Measured again
    Why Diabetes UK is repeating its awareness campaign

Clinical practice 

  • Education, education, education
    Structured education models for children

Research Focus

  • Trends, grants and deadlines for diabetes researchers

Health talk

  • GI blues – Is custard good for you?


Diabetes Update is Diabetes UK's quarterly publication for professionals working in diabetes healthcare and research. Combining news, features, fact sheets and treatment overviews, the publication is an accessible source of authoritative, up-to-date infomation about diabetes care and research.

Diabetes Update is free to healthcare professional members of Diabetes UK. Visually impaired members can receive the magazine in large print format. Simply email update@diabetes.org.uk.


  
 

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