NDST report launched: Improving emergency and inpatient care for people with diabetes
The report on improving emergency and inpatient care for people with diabetes has now been printed and was launched at the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference on 5-7 March. The report is available electronically or can also be ordered in hard copy by emailing: NDST@prolog.uk.com or telephoning: 08701555455 quoting NDST064.

New Carbohydrate Resource - Food Pictures
Maria Leveridge, on behalf of DMEG, has been able to obtain a Value Added Licence for the publication of material taken from Nelson et al Food Portion Sizes: A photographic atlas MAFF 1997.
See the Resources page in the Members section to download a copy of the Carbohydate Food Pictures resource booklet. The resource is available in both grams and CP's.

NHS Institute Diabetes Project Proposed Tools
The NHS Institute are developing a range of tools/products to support specialist teams and hospital staff provide consistently good diabetes care to inpatients, particularly those who come into hospital for reasons other than their diabetes. These tools respond to the challenges faced by teams from across the country as they have described them to us, and are very significantly influenced by what staff have told us they want, both specialist teams and wider hospital staff. The Institute welcomes your comments on any of our tool ideas and DMEG strongly encourages Diabetes Dietitians to participate. See the following links for details:
Consultation information.
Diabetes poster.

Gestational Diabetes Survey Results
The results of the survey of dietetic practice in the treatment of gestational diabetes mellitus are now available. See the committee business page of the website.

Annual Evidence Update on Diabetes 2007
The National Library for Health Diabetes Specialist Library's first annual evidence update consists of the results of extensive literature searches carried out to identify systematic reviews (SRs) relating to diabetes and its treatment. The results of the search are presented on the library organised by topic.

ADVANCE study - Press Release
ADVANCE study, the largest morbidity / mortality study in type 2 diabetics. The results from ADVANCE were presented for the first time during a hotline session at the European Society of Cardiology Congress earlier this month and published online in The Lancet. The outcome of the study will have a great impact on the future management of type II diabetes. According to the study authors, if the benefits seen in ADVANCE were applied to half the population with diabetes worldwide, more than 1 million deaths would be avoided over five years via a treatment method with almost no side-effects.
For a copy of the press release click here.

Foresight - Tackling Obesities: Future Choices launched
See the Foresight website for a copy of the report.

Sub-group working on the PGD/Protocol/PG Training objective
See the Committee Business page in the Members section for a copy of the minutes.

Student Training Sub-group
See the Committee Business page in the Members section for a copy of the minutes.

Guidance for Progression of Professional Development in Diabetes
The aim of the tool is to facilitate Dietitians working in diabetes care, to identify their expertise and learning needs, in order to move to a higher level of competency in their chosen area of speciality.

The document has been ratified by the BDA and is available in the resources section of the DMEG website and is also available on the BDA website.

Insulin Adjustment Protocols
Examples of insulin adjustment protocols are available to view on the "Resources" page in the "Member's only" section of this website.

These protocols are for reference only and are kindly shared by the authors. DMEG does not endorse or promote replication of these for local use, nor have these been passed as national outlines by the BDA.