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Diabetes in hospital: could more specialist pharmacists reduce high error rates?

Error rates for insulin and diabetes medicines among hospital inpatients remain unacceptably high, yet there is a severe lack of specialist diabetes pharmacists across the NHS.…

Published: 14 October 2021

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Two-thirds of hospital trusts do not employ a specialist diabetes pharmacist

Exclusive: Out of 93 hospital trusts that responded to a Freedom of Information request, only 31 trusts said they employ a specialist diabetes pharmacist.…

Published: 14 October 2021

Opinion

Hospital insulin errors remain high, but we can improve the safety of inpatients with diabetes

Insulin prescribing errors are unacceptable but entirely avoidable, hindered by variation across NHS trusts in terms of both prescribing systems and interventions used to support insulin prescribing.…

Published: 28 July 2021

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Semaglutide effective for weight loss in non-diabetic adults, research suggests

A study has found that overweight or obese participants who received semaglutide alongside lifestyle interventions had a larger mean weight loss from baseline than the placebo group.…

Published: 15 February 2021

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Low-carb diet sends nearly half of type 2 diabetes patients into remission in small research study

Following a lower carbohydrate diet for an average of 23 months could help achieve a 46% drug-free type 2 diabetes mellitus remission rate in UK primary care.…

Published: 6 November 2020

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Regular use of PPIs linked with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, study suggests

Regular use of proton-pump inhibitors increases patients’ risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus by 24%, an observational study published in Gut has suggested.…

Published: 29 September 2020

Opinion

We must tear down the barriers to equality for BAME communities highlighted by COVID-19

There are two ways that we can begin to address the long-running health disparities between different ethnic groups, which have been highlighted by the disproportionate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Published: 12 June 2020

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SGLT2 inhibitors linked to reduced risk of serious renal events

Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors are associated with a lower incidence of serious renal events in people with diabetes, a study in the BMJ has suggested.…

Published: 12 June 2020

Opinion

Underfunding has hit my community pharmacy hard, but we’re determined to provide new high-value services

Community pharmacist Eoghan O’Brien explains the impact of underfunding on the sector in Northern Ireland, and what he’s doing to continue providing a valued service to patients.…

Published: 9 March 2020

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Consumption of ultra-processed foods linked to diabetes risk

Consuming greater proportions of ultra-processed foods is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, results of a prospective cohort study have suggested.…

Published: 6 February 2020