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Diabetes

Information and advice on the management of diabetes.

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NHS diabetes budget soars as Mounjaro spend up 340-fold

Mounjaro 'emerges as new cost driver' in latest NHSBSA annual report

21 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Smartphone-based HbA1c blood test launched

New test from PocDoc promises results “in minutes”.

21 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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New NICE guideline sets out shake-up in type 2 diabetes care

For those with type 2 diabetes and no significant comorbidity, or with heart failure, SGLT-2 inhibitors now a first choice treatment alongside metformin.

20 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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First immunotherapy approved for type 1 diabetes

... but teplizumab yet to receive the thumbs-up from NICE.

19 Aug 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Micronutrient deficiency common in type 2 diabetes

Micronutrient deficiency is common among people with type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

06 Mar 2025 , 1 Min Article

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CCA urges Government to commission national pharmacy diabetes screening service

The Company Chemists’ Association has published a report that said the new service would save the NHS £50 million a year.

18 Sep 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Practice update: Being vigilant for hypoglycaemia

The more hypoglycaemic episodes a person experiences, the worse their impaired awareness becomes – so how can pharmacists help to break this cycle?

03 Jul 2024 , 5 Min Article

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Failure to prevent diabetes complications “devastating lives”

Preventable complications are causing “untold hardship” for people with diabetes and costing the UK healthcare system £6.2 billion a year.

19 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Microvascular complications of diabetes

Update on the microvascular complications of diabetes and their prevention.

21 Jul 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Insulin use in diabetes

This module aims to provide an overview about the safe and effective use of insulin.

10 Jul 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Insulin use and safety in diabetes

This module will increase your knowledge regarding the safe and effective use of insulin and how different insulins work.

09 Jul 2020 , 5 Min Module

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Step to it

As summer approaches, now is the time to educate customers on foot and leg care.

01 Jul 2020 , 6 Min Article

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Dealing with diabetes

People with diabetes are at increased risk of the complications of Covid-19 so what do you need to know?

26 May 2020 , 4 Min Article

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Body Talk: the endocrine system

Part five of Body Talk considers the workings of the endocrine system.

17 Apr 2020 , 10 Min Module

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Inhalers and insulin dominate new export ban products

Asthma medications and insulin products make up the vast majority of the medicines newly added to the DHSC’s parallel export ban list.

02 Apr 2020 , 1 Min Article

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Has obesity been normalised?

A bad diet is now killing more people globally than tobacco. Community pharmacy teams are in a good place to help.

21 Feb 2020 , 5 Min Article

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