Expert articles
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Key learning pointsKey learning points: managing type 2 diabetes in adults
Dr Pam Brown and Dr Colin Kenny provide seven key learning points from the updated NICE guideline on the management of type 2 diabetes
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Key learning points
Key learning points: defining remission in type 2 diabetes
Dr Pam Brown provides seven key learning points for primary care from a consensus report on defining remission in diabetes
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Key learning points
Key learning points: diabetes and frailty in older adults
Dr David Strain outlines six key learning points from an expert consensus statement on managing diabetes and frailty, and identifies where treatment should differ from a standard approach
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Implementing guidelines
Tailor treatment of type 2 diabetes to improve cardiovascular outcomes
Karen Bartha discusses the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists position statement on the use of newer antidiabetic drugs in patients with cardiovascular disease
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Implementing guidelines
Manage diabetes and comorbidities with a joined-up strategy
Dr Umesh Dashora and colleagues from the CaReMeUK Partnership outline guidance on how to manage type 2 diabetes with cardiovascular and renal disease
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Implementing guidelines
Diabetes in chronic kidney disease requires practical, evidence-based care
Dr Pam Brown and Dr Colin Kenny discuss recommendations from a new international guideline on diabetes management in patients with chronic kidney disease
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Implementing guidelines
Type 2 diabetes: maintain glycaemic control to prevent complications
Dr Samuel Seidu and Professor Kamlesh Khunti discuss the recommendations of the Primary Care Diabetes Europe position statement on the management of type 2 diabetes
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Implementing guidelines
Diagnose and treat pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in diabetes
Dr Kate Millar and Professor Michael Cummings present a summary of guidance that aims to help practitioners to identify and manage pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in people with diabetes
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Differential diagnoses
Unintended weight loss: what’s the diagnosis?
Dr Sonya Jey explains the importance of considering and excluding sinister causes of unintentional weight loss and explores some clinical scenarios in which unintentional weight loss is a feature
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Implementing guidelines
Diabetes: adapt management to account for cardiovascular disease risk
Professor Peter J Grant and Professor Francesco Cosentino highlight the key recommendations from the 2019 ESC/EASD guideline on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and CVD
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Key learning points
Key learning points: diabetes in older people with frailty
Professor Alan Sinclair explains how care should be personalised and targets adapted for older people with diabetes, including an assessment of frailty
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Implementing guidelines
Type 2 diabetes: targets and treatments should be person-centred
Dr Clare Hambling and Dr Patrick Holmes highlight the key recommendations from the joint ADA/EASD consensus report on the management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes
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Pharmacist focus
Type 2 diabetes: the role of the practice pharmacist
Muhammad Siddiqur Rahman highlights the integral role of practice-based pharmacists in managing type 2 diabetes
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Hot topic
Comorbidities in type 2 diabetes
Dr Kevin Fernando describes eight common comorbidities in patients with type 2 diabetes and how the co-existing conditions should be managed
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Implementing guidelines
Type 2 diabetes: what are the benefits and risks of glucose-lowering agents?
Dr Kevin Fernando explains how SIGN 154 offers evidence-based guidance on glucose control therapies for people with type 2 diabetes
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Top tips
Top tips: type 2 diabetes
Dr Kevin Fernando provides top tips on diagnosing and managing type 2 diabetes and identifying people at high risk
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Good practice initiative
An innovative diabetes service redesign in Wakefield
Dr Dinesh Nagi provides insight into an integrated model of care provided by primary care and specialist diabetes teams
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NICE quality standard article
Structured education for people with diabetes can improve quality of life
Dr Kevin Fernando discusses the updated NICE quality standard on diabetes in adults: education about diabetes can motivate patients and enable self-management
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Implementing guidelines
Adults with type 2 diabetes should receive structured education
Dr David Edwards explores recent NICE guidance on type 2 diabetes in adults and changes in approach to managing the condition and its complications
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Implementing guidelines
Type 1 diabetes in adults: new recommendations support coordinated care
Professor Stephanie Amiel reviews the updated NICE guideline on type 1 diabetes in adults, focusing on changes to the guidance, particularly those that affect current practice
