NHS Scotland announced today, in a reasonably sensible and balanced press release that “the Scottish National Pancreatic Islet Transplant Programme, launched in November 2009, has now carried out three islet cell infusions in two patients who as a result, no longer require insulin or risk the loss of consciousness due to hypoglycaemic attack.” This dog is… Read More »
Planned changes to the way in which HbA1c measurements are reported have been postponed from June 2011 until October 2011 basically because no one understands the changes and people are understandably a tad underwhelmed and befuddled by them. This dog was hoping one of the ShootUp authors would have gotten their heads around this by now… Read More »
It’s been a busy week in the “lets tease those pancreatically-challenged types by talking about cures again” department. First it appears that the place to be for a magic cure is Bristol, where they’re excited that soon they’ll be able to offer islet cell transplants to some pancreatically-challenged types. There’s a convenient lack of any mention… Read More »
The Scottish Herald reports: “A TREATMENT that can transform the lives of patients with diabetes [i.e. pumps –Neville] has been put on hold by Scotland’s largest health board amid the drive for spending cuts, according to consultants and patients. Insiders say NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has suspended its adult waiting list for insulin pumps… Read More »
Everyone’s second favourite diabetes charity – the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – has launched a free information pack for adults with Type 1 diabetes. “Type 1 – the basics” provides information and top tips for adults coming to terms with living with the condition. The free resource can be ordered by healthcare professionals, adults with… Read More »
It’s conclusive: owning a passport in the USA will prevent you from becoming diabetic. Source: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/08/passport-ownership-p.html
Diabetes UK reports that “A new online guide which could make insulin pump treatment more available for people with Type 1 diabetes in the UK has been the focus of a parliamentary briefing this week.” The guide “aims to provide practical guidance to enable the successful implementation of insulin pump therapy and to release the… Read More »
In a letter to The Times, everyone’s second favourite diabetes charity writes about the NHS reforms in England and Wales. They say: “The reforms will place £80 billion of the NHS budget into the hands of GPs, but plans to make GP consortia accountable to the public are far too weak. The plans will allow… Read More »