Related guidance:

Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management NICE guideline (NG18 August 2015, updated May 2023)

Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management NICE guideline (NG17 August 2015, updated August 2022)

Type 2 diabetes in adults: management NICE guideline (NG28 December 2015, updated June 2022)

Short‐acting insulin analogues versus regular human insulin for adult, non‐pregnant persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus (Cochrane 2018)

Diabetes: treatment during pregnancy (SPS January 2022)

Diabetes mellitus: assessing fitness to drive (DVLA March 2016, updated June 2022)

For sick day guidance for type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes: what to do when you are ill and NHS Somerset sick day rules See NHS Somerset formulary Useful links

 

 

 

 

Dr David Unwin’s sugar infographics (Public Health Collaboration)

  • These sugar infographics help people understand the approximate effect various foods may have on their blood sugar in terms of a 4 gram teaspoon of sugar. For example, a bowl of 150g of boiled rice is roughly equivalent to ten teaspoons of table sugar.

 

Freshwell low carb project

  • The Freshwell Low Carb Project is an initiative set up by Dr David Oliver and Dr Kim Andrews at the Freshwell Health Centre, Essex.
  • This project grew out of our concern about the rise in incidence of type 2 diabetes over the last few years, alongside the widely reported rapid increase in obesity in the UK population.
  • Freshwell Low Carb Project -Meal Planners provides inspiration and recipes to make it a little easier to adopt a low carbohydrate lifestyle. All meal planners can be downloaded as a PDF for free and also available on the free Freshwell App.

6.4.1 - Blood glucose lowering drugs
6.4.2 - Insulin, needles and lancets
6.4.3 - Blood glucose testing and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)

See NHS Somerset Medicines Management Diabetes