Diabetes
Use this guide to find information resources about diabetes including books, reports and journal articles
Last updated:
08/04/2025
Key Resources
Royal College of Nursing (2022) Starting injectable treatments in adults with type 2 diabetes. 4th edn. London: RCN.
RCN Learn: Diabetes essentials -
This resource is designed to provide an overview of the core concepts of diabetes, diagnosis and current treatments, your role and responsibilities in regard to treating people living with diabetes.
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HSC: Northern Ireland diabetes network
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A network of carers, health social care professionals and people living with diabetes working in partnership with Diabetes UK to deliver better care.
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Language Matters Diabetes
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Access guidance on considerate language usage for positive outcomes within diabetes care.
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NHS England: National Diabetes Audit Programme
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Access interactive data visualisations relating to the care of people with diabetes.
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NHS Wales: Hub for Diabetes Healthcare Professionals
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Access audits, educational resources, and pathways for care relating to the care for people with diabetes.
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Trend Diabetes
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Access educational resources to inform best practice in diabetes care.
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Diabetes UK: resources to improve care
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Resources and tools to help healthcare professionals and commissioners improve diabetes care.
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Scottish Government (2021) Diabetes care: diabetes improvement plan. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.
World Health Organization: Diabetes
We would like to thank the RCN Diabetes member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Articles
Davies M J, Aroda V R, Collins B et al (2022) Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2022. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Diabetes Care, 45(11), pp. 2753–2786.
Valabhji J, Barron E, Bradley D and others (2020) Early outcomes from the English National Health Service diabetes prevention programme, Diabetes Care, 43(1), pp. 152-160.
Misra S, Holman N, Barron E, et al (2023) Characteristics and care of young people with type 2 diabetes included in the national diabetes audit datasets for England, Diabetic Medicine, 40(1), p. e14940.
Books
Davidson T (2020) What you need to know about diabetes. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO LLC.
Dunning T and Sinclair A J (2020) Care of people with diabetes: a manual for healthcare practice. Newark: John Wiley and Sons.
Holt R I G and Flyvbjerg A (2024) Textbook of Diabetes. 6th edn. Newark: John Wiley & Sons.
Klonoff D C, Kerr D and Mulvaney S A (2020) Diabetes Digital Health. San Diego: Elsevier.
Kopelman P G, Caterson I D and Dietz W H (2022) Clinical obesity in adults and children. 4th edn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Ng, May (2022) A Guide to type 1 diabetes management, technology, and everything else you need to know. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Phillips A (2023) Diabetes care at a glance. First. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Sam A H, Meeran K and Hill N (2023) Endocrinology and diabetes: lecture notes. Second edn. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell.
Sinclair A and others (eds.) (2017) Diabetes in old age. 4th edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Taylor R and Alberti G (2021) Life without diabetes: the definitive guide to understanding and reversing Type 2 diabetes. New York: HarperCollins.
Veves A, Giurini J M and Guzman R J (2019) The diabetic foot: medical and surgical management. 4th edn. Cham: Humana Press.
Book subject searches
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Journal articles
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Journals
Journals of interest for diabetes. Use these links to see details of availability.
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Introduction to Diabetes: Foundations for Nursing Practice webinar
This webinar aims to raise understanding of diabetes, including diagnosis, risk factors and its management, exploring complications and nursing care. Aimed at Registered Nurses and nursing students in the final year of a pre-reg. nursing degree. Suitable for those working in any sector, including independent health and social care or NHS.
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