Updated NICE guidelines on the management of type 2 diabetes in adults

Updated NICE guidelines stress the need for individualising care for people with type 2 diabetes, and include new recommendations on managing blood glucose, effective drug treatments and lifestyle interventions.

The vast majority of people who have diabetes have type 2 diabetes, a form of the condition that tends to appear in people over 40, but that is increasingly being seen in younger people due to rising obesity levels.

The condition is also common among people from people from African, African Caribbean and South Asian family origins. It can result in blindness, kidney failure, premature heart disease stroke and death if not effectively managed.

In an update to existing guidelines, NICE has developed new recommendations on which provide clarity on the sequence of drug treatments that can be offered. The guideline also includes an algorithm to help healthcare professionals make decisions on the most appropriate pathway of care.

The guidelines are available on the NICE website.