A lovely video shared by Prof May Ng OBE 吳 诗 梅 🥰

Theia-Belle,2 years old; #T1Diabetes embracing the #hybridclosedloop

(Shared with consent from parents via Dr. Ng)

A national role with NHS England?
The opportunity of a lifetime

The opportunity to make lives just a little bit better ♥️

Do you want to find out more about Early Onset Type 2 Diabetes?

Check out our podcast ⬇️

podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eden-…

At the event now - Medtronic Diabetes , ypso, abbott, dexcom and tslim all present!
Thanks DSNforumUK & Amanda Williams DSN 💙 for the heads up #diabeteschat #GBDoc

🤩Great to see so many people living with diabetes at our East Kent Hospitals event

📸All images shared with permission

#Diabetes #T1D #T2D #gbdoc

Are there any solo working DSNs out there willing to connect with Clare.. 👇🏻

Looking forward to hearing from Jerry Gore & the team at Action4Diabetes for tonight's DiabetesChat.

🕗Community chat starts 8pm with a slightly earlier time of 8:15pm for our guest speaker chat with #A4D

Open Forum Chat to follow after

Tune in: x.com/i/spaces/1dxgy…

💙

Sara-Jane McAteer Diabetic Dad GB DOC Martin Scivier This is a good resource which explains all about needle length.
- free to download
Insulin is designed to be absorbed into sub-cutaneous fatty tissue. Long needles risk getting it into muscle which causes variability in how it works leading to ⬆️&⬇️
diabetesspecialistnurseforumuk.co.uk/educational-re…

To our Diabetes Specialist Midwifery colleagues!!

Huge thanks for all you do to help support women with preexisting diabetes & gestational diabetes during their pregnancy, labour!

You’re an integral part of #TeamDiabetes

👶🏼 🤱🏽 🍼 🩷

#InternationalDayoftheMidwife

You may spot a few of our charts In Here too ! 👀

Thank you DSNforumUK for this immensely useful document - proud that our RCN Diabetes Committee and Link members are involved in this work, we are so lucky to have you ⭐️ Amanda Williams DSN 💙 Vicki Alabraba
Tamsin 💙

#SaturdayStudy

Low Carbohydrate diets in Children & Adolescents with #Diabetes

'The use of very low-carbohydrate diets in #T1D children has been reported to be associated with growth deceleration,hypoglycemia,risk for disordered eating, ketosis'

Link:

publications.aap.org/pediatrics/art…

Lovely to see DSNforumUK team recent trip to 🇸🇱 aimed at ⬆️ #T1D care #SierraLeone

Raising £3K to help fund an entire DSN clinic + equipment for 2y inc a 💻

Added mentorship from DSNforumUK from🇬🇧

Changing lives-fabulous!

Pls RT/donate if you can:

rb.gy/pn3fli

✨ New & updated version of our insulin chart is now available✨

NEW & improved complete with :

📈 insulin profiles
♻️ Pen Recycling schemes
❌ discontinued insulins removed

🔗 static1.squarespace.com/static/636e507…

#gbdoc #insulin #Diabetes

*New Guest Blog Post*
'Food for thought: What is a Paediatric Diabetes Dietician with Kirsty MacLean'

Ever wondered what a Paediatric Diabetes Dietician does? Kirsty, a passionate Children’s Diabetes Dietitian, answers burning questions about her job.

pumptasticscot.co.uk/post/food-for-…

DSNs are a critical part of the health care professionals that support people with diabetes. Specialist nurse roles have our backing so we encourage you to read and sign this petition endorsed by DSNforumUK 💙 #GBDoc #PeerSupport #T1D #T2D #Mody #Diabetes Cj

please could you share this petition and sign in support of maintaining the DSN role 🙏🏻 💙

Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 GBDoc DiabetesChat

Please sign and share 🙏 this is driven by listening to many nurses describe a lack of understanding in their roles, impossible caseloads & burnout.

Standardise Specialist Nursing Roles to Ensure Retention and Clarity - Sign the Petition! chng.it/zHCytJgsGD via Change.org UK

Heart Failure is common in those living with diabetes too!

If you…

😴 feel tired
😮‍💨short of breath
🦵🏻 have leg or ankle swelling

Please speak to your GP who can run some tests & refer you for more investigations, treatment & support!

#heartfailure

Food security is issue for people living w Type 2 Diabetes in 🇸🇱

🍚 is staple food
yet still🫰

🥩🐟🍗 & even 🫘are unaffordable 4 most

🥭 in season & freely available

💊 is limited &🫰

So🩸sugars are ⬆️

DSNforumUK
Amanda Williams DSN 💙
Helen Towers
Lisa Kelly
Veronica Helene Sawicki

Save travels. I have loved following the journey - I hope DSNforumUK can go again & would love to be part of it x