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A software upgrade is now available for the FreeStyle LibreLink app which will allow people to use the FreeStyle Libre 2 like a real-time continuous glucose monitor. Find out how to download the update, and what this means for managing your glucose readings.

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18.11.2022

3 things that people with diabetes needed from the Autumn Statement

After serving as Health Secretary between 2012 and 2018, Jeremy Hunt is no stranger to health policy. For...

18.11.2022

Our Tackling Inequality Commission panel: co-chairs announced

Aoife Slattery is Diabetes UK’s Tackling Inequality Engagement Lead and tells us more about The Tackling ...

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24.10.2022

Let us know how we can help you during the cost-of-living crisis

We want to hear from you about how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting you day-to-day, and any impact ...

30.08.2022

Our new Prime Minister must take diabetes seriously

Why it is vital that our government commits to improving diabetes care, and how you can help us influence...

02.08.2022

New Continuous Glucose Monitor available on prescription today

We welcome the addition of a new CGM device to promote greater choice for people with diabetes.

14.06.2022

50% more children being treated for type 2 diabetes

Our analysis has revealed that the number of children receiving treatment for type 2 diabetes in Paediatr...

10.06.2022

Diabetes doctor Fiona Campbell awarded OBE for services to children an...

Leading diabetes consultant Dr Fiona Campbell has been awarded an OBE for her work in helping to improve ...

16.05.2022

The government mustn't delay action on restrictions to junk food adver...

Jack Doughty, Senior Policy Officer at Diabetes UK, reacts to the government’s announcement that it is de...

24.02.2022

Living with Covid: our reaction to the UK Government’s plan

Following the publication of the UK Government’s ‘Living With Covid’ plan, and with the majority of Covid...

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21.02.2022

We’re calling on the government to fight ethnic health inequality

Last week, the NHS Race and Health Observatory, a body of experts working to fight ethnic health inequali...

03.02.2022

Our response to government's Levelling Up White Paper

Yesterday, the UK Government published the Levelling Up White Paper; a document setting out their plans t...

06.01.2022

Committee of MPs calls for action to tackle backlog of NHS care

Today, the Health and Social Care Select Committee published their report, Clearing the backlog caused by...

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16.11.2021

New figures show record increase in childhood obesity since pandemic

New data released today shows childhood obesity rates in England have increased significantly since the p...

06.10.2021

1-in-10 adults living with diabetes by 2030

Our new analysis predicts that, without significant government action, up to 5.5m people in the UK could ...

12.08.2021

Nearly 1,600 children in England living with type 2 diabetes

New data has revealed that nearly 1,600 children and young people in England are now living with type 2 d...

10.05.2023

Urgent action needed to support diabetes services

Our Head of Policy, Campaigns and Mobilisation, Helen Kirrane, sets out why we are calling on government ...