Finger on the Pulse

I am often asked how I keep updated.  Unfortunately, I don’t think they mean my fashion sense!  I’m pretty sure that they are referring to how to keep on top of the latest information on diabetes for managers.

I am in a very privileged position.  I almost, exclusively work in diabetes which is a luxury that few managers have.  We have Diabetologist and Specialist Diabetes Nurses and I often wonder whether there is a place for the Specialist Diabetes Manager.  I suppose we do have a few Diabetes Network Managers across the country but they are few and far between.

Lots of reading is the answer, which is tricky because I am dyslexic.  Yes – expect my blogs to be littered with spelling mistakes.  So I am discerning about my reading sources.   But knowing how very busy managers working in diabetes are, I’ll try and give you my list of top sources short.

So here’s my essential list:

1)      I subscribe to NHS Networks daily news stories as it is really easy to flick through the list

2)      I subscribe to the fortnightly newsletter and regularly browse The Diabetes Times website

3)      Diabetes UK have just launched a Diabetes Commissioners Network monthly newsletter

4)      I get "Practical Diabetes" delivered to my home – for free

If I can, I also go to 2 conferences:

Diabetes UK Professional Conference which is in Manchester next year and
Diabetes Professional Care Conference at Olympia, London in November and is FREE.  I  am also happen to be helping with a workshop this year so do pop in and say hello.

And of course you could always subscribe to this blog by putting your email address into the box on the right hand of my blog page.  Happy Reading.