‘Driven to know more’ and ‘putting people first’ are two values we hold dear at Diabetes UK, and both have been at the heart of the biggest and deepest listening exercise we’ve ever done to learn about what matters most to people living with, or close, to diabetes. In what we’ve dubbed our ‘big diabetes conversation’,…
Today (21 September) marks the birthday of the father of modern science fiction HG Wells. Wells (pictured above) was diagnosed with diabetes in his early 60s, and in 1934, along with his physician, RD Lawrence, he founded the Diabetic Association, now known as Diabetes UK. Our first research grant was awarded the very next year:…
We hear often at Diabetes UK from people with diabetes that they want access to new technologies that can help them manage their diabetes. Today’s news that flash glucose monitoring will be made available across the NHS in the UK is just that; a technology which, evidence suggests, can improve diabetes control and quality of…
Today at Diabetes UK we are celebrating years of hard work as the NHS has decided which local areas have won bids from a £40 million fund to improve diabetes care in England. This news comes after thousands of campaigners joined together to write letters, sign petitions and meet with MPs and NHS managers. Together…
This week is Diabetes Week, our annual awareness-raising campaign and our theme is ‘Know Diabetes. Fight Diabetes’ which many of you will recognise as our new strapline. This year we’re raising awareness of the essential work Diabetes UK does in helping people to know their diabetes, and in fighting the challenges that diabetes presents. And…
In the year since many of us were last in a conference hall together in Glasgow, we have much to acknowledge and celebrate in diabetes care, treatment, prevention and research. In England, we’re on the threshold of £42 million of new investment being committed to improve diabetes care and treatment, targeting access to education, inpatient…