Commissioning diabetes services for older people
JDN Vol 14 Issue 4 2010
Joy Williams discusses the need for a systematic and integrated approach to commissioning diabetes services for older people....  
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Implementing a quality assurance system for point-of-care blood glucose monitoring
JDN Vol 14 Issue 2 2010
Claire Portogallo and Ian Barlow give an account of their experiences of implementing a new point-of-care blood glucose-monitoring system in their local Trust....  
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The changing role of a diabetes nurse facilitator
JDN Vol 14 Issue 2 2010
Gill Freeman reflects on the changes to diabetes care that have impacted the diabetes nurse facilitator role....  
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Providing diabetes care in prisons: Experiences of joint working with prison health care
JDN Vol 13 Issue 10 2009
In the UK the provision of prison health care has historically been suboptimal. The quality has been found to vary widely, with prison health services prior to 2000 isolated from the NHS. Reed and Lyne (1997) assessed the extent and quality of healt...  
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Noticeboard
JDN Vol 13 Issue 9 2009
Maureen Wallymahmed presents the journal's question-and-answer session....  
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Leading the way: The changing role of the diabetes specialist nurse
JDN Vol 13 Issue 9 2009
The role of the DSN has expanded considerably in recent years, taking on more complex aspects of diabetes care and education. As part of a series of surveys to review diabetes specialist services, a postal questionnaire was sent to lead DSNs across t...  
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