[caption id="attachment_286" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Diabetes Nest"][/caption] The last few years has seen the importance of patients with chronic conditions connecting in an online environment grow and grow. It's a method that has allowed patients to support each other, using their own experience as a guide to others who might need help. Diabetes has …

Today is the American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Alert Day – a day to raise awareness of the risk of diabetes. At the heart of the day is the ADA’s Diabetes Risk Test, a simple survey to determine how at risk a person is of developing type 2 diabetes. [caption id="attachment_280" align="aligncenter" width="400" …

QiC Excellence in Oncology has support from organisations working across industry, NHS and patient organisations. Several of these partners attended the National Cancer Action Team's Network Development Programme meeting last week, where we managed to get a few words on why these groups were backing this new programme. Featured in the video …

Entry is now open for QiC Excellence in Oncology 2012 – a programme to recognise and share good cancer care in the UK. Launched by the National Cancer Action Team’s Stephen Parsons at the organisation’s Network Development Programme meeting, the awards are an evolution of Pfizer’s Excellence in Oncology awards. Following the success …

QiC Excellence in Oncology will launch tomorrow at the National Cancer Action Team’s National Development Programme. Oncology is the second therapy area covered by the Quality in Care (QiC) programme, which aims to recognise and share good healthcare practice and joint working in the UK that ultimately improves patient outcomes. It follows …

Among the numerous talks of developments in diabetes research Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference, the presentation from Quality in Care on Friday morning allowed delegates to hear about two award-winning case studies of practical diabetes care. Both the North Mersey Diabetes Network and Nottingham Children’s Hospital were Gold award winners at …

In a seminar hosted by Novo Nordisk, Jacqueline Hadley, who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 20 years ago, spoke of her experience dealing with hypoglycaemia. The event is a common incident in diabetes when a person's blood sugar levels get too low, due mainly to diabetes medicines that boost insulin …

A campaign involving placing promotional materials at water coolers, urinals and at underground stations picked up the prize during The Pitch – an award to honour ideas from marketing students to raise diabetes awareness. Team Envision, from Huddersfield University, aimed to target people unaware they have type 2 diabetes but are …

Professor Roy Taylor ended this year's Banting Memorial Lecture at Diabetes UK's Annual Professional Conference (APC) in Glasgow by describing type 2 diabetes as “reversible”. It was an ambitious claim from the Newcastle University professor, and one worthy of the honour of Frederick Banting – the first person to use insulin …

Quality in Care (QiC) Diabetes 2012 will launch tomorrow at Diabetes UK’s Annual Professional Conference (APC) in Glasgow. The programme, which is supported by Diabetes UK, NHS Diabetes and Sanofi, is now in its second year of recognising and sharing good healthcare practice in diabetes - a condition that is diagnosed …