News & Views

We take a look at some of the exciting diabetes research developments announced in October 2026, and what the findings could mean for people living with or affected by diabetes.

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13.06.2022

Over 1 million people living with diabetes across the North of England

We're calling for action as stats show just 34% of those diagnosed with diabetes in the North are receivi...

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10.06.2022

Mum's journey with private therapy to cope with complications of type ...

Ebony Hussey, 30, from Caldicot has lived with type 1 diabetes since she was a toddler and has had lots o...

10.06.2022

Diabetes UK Cymru calls for access to diabetes psychology across Wales

To mark Diabetes Week (13th to 19th June), Diabetes UK Cymru is launching a campaign to highlight the ine...

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10.06.2022

Diabetes Week in Northern Ireland

Diabetes Week 2022 is taking place 13-19 June. We hope that you will get involved in any way that you can...

10.06.2022

Diabetes doctor Fiona Campbell awarded OBE for services to children an...

Leading diabetes consultant Dr Fiona Campbell has been awarded an OBE for her work in helping to improve ...

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08.06.2022

Get your Diabetes MOT at the Peninsula Healthy Living Centre

This Diabetes Week, people in Kircubbin are invited to join the Live Well Hub to learn about diabetes and...

07.06.2022

Daya Betty: diagnosis, RuPaul's Drag Race and speaking out about life ...

Daya Betty, from Springfield, Missouri, is the first RuPaul's Drag Race contestant to discuss living with...

01.06.2022

Ultramarathon challenge raising awareness about diabetes in Northern I...

Adrian Boyd, from Newtownabbey, is undertaking a gruelling 100 mile ultramarathon across Northern Ireland...

01.06.2022

This is Diabetes: Behind the scenes

Go behind the scenes of our campaign, This is Diabetes, to find out how and why we made it.

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31.05.2022

Professor May Ng awarded OBE for services to people with diabetes

World-leading diabetes expert Professor May Ng has been awarded an OBE for her work in improving diabetes...

26.05.2022

Safety warnings on risk of insulin leakage from Roche Accu-Chek Insigh...

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the UK regulator for medical devices and ...

23.05.2022

Miss World Northern Ireland finalist eyes diabetes research

Sarah-Louise Watson, a doctoral researcher at Queen’s University Belfast, is a Miss World Northern Irelan...

20.05.2022

5 steps to diabetes prevention: reduce your risk of type 2

For this year's Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week (23-29 May) we share our 5 steps to diabetes prevention, ...

16.05.2022

The government mustn't delay action on restrictions to junk food adver...

Jack Doughty, Senior Policy Officer at Diabetes UK, reacts to the government’s announcement that it is de...

11.05.2022

The Big Jubilee Lunch

This year there’ll be a four-day bank holiday weekend from Thursday 2 June to Sunday 5 June, to celebrate...

10.05.2022

Jackie: A day in the life of a diabetes psychotherapist

A professional view: Jackie Fosbury was the Psychotherapy Lead for the programme Diabetes Care for You. J...