Our new Strategy Every World Diabetes Day millions of people around the world come together to raise awareness of diabetes. It’s a time to reflect the challenges people affected by diabetes face, to celebrate our shared successes and to look to a future where the harm from diabetes comes to an end. Despite progress and…
Today, if you’re watching TV or listening to the radio, you might see or hear adverts for We Are Undefeatable, a bold and moving new campaign about getting active, which we’re incredibly proud to be a part. Throughout this new campaign you’ll see real people living with various long-term health conditions, including diabetes, getting active in…
NICE have now announced that they will be updating four sets of diabetes guidance: Guidance from the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is generally seen as setting the standard for healthcare services in England. It is particularly influential in guiding commissioners on what should be provided to patients, and on what services…
Helen Dickens, Assistant Director of Policy and Campaigns at Diabetes UK You might have seen that last week Boris Johnson, who is currently favourite to become our next Prime Minister, promised to “halt the explosion of ‘sin stealth taxes’” if he gets into Number 10. Among the ‘sin taxes’ he mentions is the Sugar Tax…
On Monday, NHS England kicked off the New Year by publishing in full their long-awaited NHS Long Term Plan. This plan will set the direction of the NHS in England for the next five years, and explains how the service will spend its new £20bn cash injection. We’ve been working hard, both publicly and behind…
Hello. I’m Jon, a content producer here at Diabetes UK. I’d like to tell you about some really exciting new videos we’ve made, and the process we undertook to produce them. Here is the story of our brand new ‘What is diabetes’ video series. It started with our rebrand. Our old videos, though the information…