Hospital inpatients with diabetes are developing potentially life-threatening complications at a "shocking" rate, according to a report.
The National Diabetes Inpatient Audit (NaDIA) found that, in a five-day period, more than 60 people with diabetes developed diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), which results from a severe shortage of insulin.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt spoke at University College London Hospital on patient safety and the need for a change in culture to support staff to ensure patient safety is core to all the NHS does.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has made a statement on the independent report on the Care Quality Commission’s regulatory oversight of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust Network.
A report commissioned by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and carried out by Grant Thornton to look into its own activities in relation to University Hospitals Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMB) has been leaked to the media.
Dr Deborah Cohen, investigations editor at the British Medical Journal, examines a new generation of diabetes drugs.