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Keeping Well During the Festive Season

Keeping Safe With Insulin Therapy

Insulin treatment improves the quality of life in many people and saves the lives of others. It is used to lower blood glucose levels. However, insulin management and prescribing errors are very common and can lead to patient harm. This leaflet can help you to get the most out of your insulin treatment and keep you safe.

Intermittent Fasting

This video explains what intermittent fasting is and how it can help with weight loss.

Insulin types

A brief guide to the types of insulin and how long each type of insulin lasts over a 24-hour period.

Insulin Pumps

An insulin pump is a small electronic device that gives your body the regular insulin it needs throughout the day and night. In this video, healthcare professionals explain what it is and how it works, and people with type 1 diabetes discuss their own experiences with insulin pump therapy.

Insulin Pump Sick Day Rules

Sick day rules flowchart for insulin pump therapy users.

Insulin profiles

A brief guide to te types of insulin and how long each type of insulin lasts of a 24-hour period.

Insulin - Insulin and Mealtimes

The blood glucose level in someone who does not have diabetes keeps remarkably steady despite variable meal sizes and amount of activity. This is achieved by the body always producing the right amount of insulin. Learning how to use your mealtime insulin injections correctly can help you to achieve better blood glucose control, reduce your risk of diabetic complications, and to keep feeling well.

Insulin

This is a brief guide to the different types of insulin and how long each type of insulin lasts over a 24-hour period.

Injecting Insulin

A brief guide to insulin injection techniques.

Individual Risk Patient Predictions

This is the HCP focussed version of the risk prediction info

Hypoglycaemia Flowchart

You must do something as soon as you notice symptoms of a hypo, or if a blood test has shown your blood glucose levels (also called blood sugar) is too low. If you don’t act quickly, it could get worse and you could start feeling confused and drowsy.

Clinical guide for the management of people with diabetes during the coronavirus pandemic

Speciality guides for patient management during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure the essential diabetes care continues with the minimum burden on the NHS.

Concise Advice on Inpatient Diabetes COVID:Diabetes

COVID-19 infection in people with or without previously recognised diabetes increases the risk of the EMERGENCY states of hyperglycaemia with ketones, Diabetic KetoAcidosis (DKA) and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS).

Diabetes and Your Kidneys

Diabetes and Your Kidneys

Emergency department discharge pack for Type 1 diabetes

Diabetes UK has useful resources for information on how to manage diabetes. We have created a list of links to advice on managing diabetes at home with the support of family, friends, neighbours.

Managing diabetes during intercurrent illness

For healthcare professionals and carers working in primary care and the community.

Managing worry about covid and type 1 diabetes

Managing type 1 diabetes during periods of stress can be challenging. This guide has been created to help you cope with living through the current situation with coronavirus. Compiled by Clinical Psychologist Dr Rose Stewart and the Wrexham Young Adult Diabetes Service (BCUHB, NHS Wales).

MDFT Clinical Strategy

Individuals attending the diabetic foot clinic require regular and close surveillance to achieve optimal outcomes and limb salvage.

NHS Sick Day Rules for Coronavirus for people with Type 1 Diabetes on Multiple Daily Injections

NHS sick day rules for patients on multiple daily injections on how to manage type 1 diabetes if you become unwell with coronavirus.