With just under three weeks to go the online resource pack is now available to everyone who has registered for Hypo Awareness Week 2022. Registrants received an email today with the link to the pack. This year a bumper pack is being provided to participating sites. Clicking on the link will take you to a...Read More
A Virgincare Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse (CDSN) team has won the outstanding award for boosting awareness of a diabetes complication. Hypos (hypoglycaemic events) take place when blood glucose, or blood sugar, levels fall too low, and symptoms can include shaking, irritability, nightmares, hunger, and drunken-like behaviour. The Virgincare CDSN team in North East Hants, Farnham...Read More
A Surrey diabetes service has won a prestigious national award for raising awareness of a complication of the condition. Hypoglycaemic events known as hypos occur when glucose in the blood falls below 4mmols/mol, and symptoms can include drowsiness, sweating, trembling, hunger, confusion and unconsciousness. Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust has been presented with the Excellence Award...Read More
The Liverpool Diabetes Partnership and NHS Tayside have been crowned the joint winners of the 2018 Hypo Awareness Week Excellence Award. They were announced as champions at the Quality in Care Diabetes Awards beating 22 other entries in the competition. A total of 549 sites made up of hospitals and medical centres across the country took...Read More
This year’s Hypo Awareness Week has already broken the record for the number of participating sites. So far there have been 506 sites register and counting, up from 343 last year, which was the previous highest total since the campaign launched in 2012. The seven-day campaign to raise awareness about, and reduce episodes of, hypoglycaemia runs...Read More
The Excellence Award for 2017 has been won by West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust. Hinchingbrooke Hospital, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board in South Wales and East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust were highly commended. West Suffolk Hospital was presented with the Excellence Award for its management of a “significant campaign” during the campaign The team was...Read More
More than 70 sites have already registered for Hypo Awareness Week 2017 in a record breaking start to the campaign. The campaign aims to raise awareness of hypoglycaemia in the UK by educating healthcare professionals about the short-term complication of diabetes. Hospitals and GP surgeries are being urged to take part in the campaign, which this...Read More
Hospitals and GP surgeries are being urged to come together as a “national collective” to raise awareness of a short-term complication of diabetes. They are being urged to take part in Hypo Awareness Week 2017, which runs from Monday, October 2, to Sunday, October 8. Hypoglycaemia, also known as a hypo, happens when the blood...Read More
Hinchingbrooke Hospital has won a prestigious national award for raising awareness of a complication of diabetes. The hospital has been presented with the Excellence Award for its management of a “significant campaign” during Hypo Awareness Week, which highlights hypoglycaemia where blood sugar drops below normal levels. The team was praised for its “commitment to reduce...Read More
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