Update 2008
Summer 2008
Content
Articles available to download:
Halfway house
Five years in, we give the NHS just two stars for the Framework
Raising the bar on care
Tackling the problems of inpatient care for people with diabetes
Articles not available online:
News
- Nice issues revised guidance on pregnancy
- Worldwide standard agreed for HbA1c
- Early insulin achieves control of Type 2
- Diabetes UK sets up enhanced Web site
- Diabetes and kidnet support team helps staff meet targets
- Closing date looms for Welsh NHS consultation on change
- Retinopathy
Features
- Care planning - the essentials
Getting started with your care plan and developing partnerships
Clinical practice
- Keeping the mind healthy
One-stop counselling and therapy gives professionals another option
Research Focus
- Trends, grants and deadlines for diabetes researchers
Health talk
- I don't need my tablets
Why do 650,000 people with diabetes not take their medicine
Fact sheet
- I don't need my tablets
Why do 650,000 people with diabetes not take their medicine
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