Seven days in medicine: 10-16 May 2023

DiabetesOffer children monitoring devices, says NICEChildren with type 2 diabetes should be offered real time continuous glucose monitoring if they have a disability that means they find finger prick testing difficult, says new guidance from the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.1 Children who would otherwise have to test their blood manually at least eight times a day, as well as those with recurrent or severe hypoglycaemia, and all those taking insulin, should also be offered real time continuous glucose monitoring. Intermittently scanned glucose monitoring, or flash devices, can be offered to children aged over 4 who take insulin or who express a preference for them.Make eight health checks routine, says charityDiabetes UK has called for urgent action to establish the eight health checks required for people with diabetes after a survey of 11 000 people in England found that under half (47%) had received all of them…
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