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Healthcare professionals within the diabetes community are being called upon to help break the “non-stop loop” of lockdown by increasing the COVID-19 vaccine uptake among ethnic minorities.  

“The cornerstone of diabetes management in a patient with pancreatic cancer is to improve quality of life,” says a top diabetes consultant.

A top diabetes expert says he finds it “astonishing” at how many insulin errors are still being made in hospitals across the country.

A well-known TikTok duo known for posting about their type 1 diabetes are calling on healthcare professionals to be “more empathetic” towards young people with the condition.

An “online library” with virtual shelves stacked high with the very latest diabetes training videos, webinars and toolkit training card resources is being launched.

The first virtual Diabetes Professional Care (DPC2020) event has scooped two prizes at a major digital awards ceremony.

COVID-19 has had a “significant impact in terms of morbidity and mortality,” says a top professor who specialises in diabetes among older people.

With Dexamethasone being given to more people to treat coronavirus, Professor Alan Sinclair is concerned about how the drug is impacting older people, particularly those who are in care homes or long-term care.

“Grateful and emotional” is how DPC Founder Maggie Meer describes her feelings after getting her COVID-19 vaccine.

“When it comes to injection technique within the field of diabetes, we all have a duty to empower people,” that is according to a top Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse.

Beth Kelly, from the Southampton City Solent NHS Trust, says the main problem is many healthcare professionals are not given the right information themselves.

Community Pharmacists are an “untapped resource” who could become “essential assets” when it comes to promoting best practice injection technique.

That is according to Vicky Ruszala, who is a specialist Pharmacist for diabetes at North Bristol NHS Trust and is also taking part in the next DPC and BD CPD-accredited webinar series.