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Diabetes department

Useful links
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk NHS Direct operates a 24-hour nurse advice and health information service.
www.camdenpct.nhs.uk Camden Primary Care Trust website can help you find and contact local services based in Camden.
www.diabetesuk.co.uk The web site of DiabetesUK, the charity for people with diabetes. It contains extensive information for both people with diabetes and health-care professionals.
www.diabetes.org The web site of the American Diabetes Association. It contains up to date information from across the pond.
www.audit-commission.gov.uk/publications/brdiabet.shtml This web site contains the publication ‘Testing Times’, a review of diabetes services in 26 Health Authorities across England and Wales, conducted by the Audit Commission.
www.diabetes.audit-commission.gov.uk This web site contains a review of diabetes services in 94 acute hospital Trusts in England and Wales, conducted by the Audit Commission, with audit data and examples of innovative practice.
www.nice.org.uk This web site contains guidelines for the management type 2 diabetes in the UK, published by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence. Guidelines are currently limited to ‘Retinopathy – screening and early management’ and ‘Renal disease – prevention and early management’, but further guidelines are planned.
www.doh.gov.uk/nsf/diabetes This web site contains the National Service Framework (NSF) diabetes standards.
www.sign.ac.uk The web site of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). It contains detailed, clear clinical guidelines for the management of diabetes and diabetic complications.
www.diabetic-retinopathy.screening.nhs.uk This web site contains the National Screening Committee (NSC) recommendations for a national screening programme for diabetic retinopathy in the UK.
www.diabetes-healthnet.ac.uk The web site of the Tayside Regional Diabetes Network. This is a patient and health-care professional information resource for the treatment of diabetes in Tayside, Scotland. Access is limited but there are a range of excellent patient information documents.
www.jdrf.org.uk The website of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. This contains excellent information for children with diabetes and their family.
www.ispad.org The web site of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes. It contains guidelines for diabetes management and extensive links to other diabetes sites.

page last reviewed: 13 June 2008