NHS turns back€ on care home residents with diabetes

Leading representatives from the diabetes community have called for the NHS not to turn its back on older people with the condition€” following a report staff training has been withdrawn from a care home.Speaking ahead of Older People’s Day this month, Professor Alan Sinclair, director of the Institute of Diabetes for Older People (IDOP), believes this vulnerable group needs more protection amid changes to health services.Jenny Hirst, co-chair of the Independent Diabetes Trust, has added her support, claiming a recent call to the charity from a care home which had its district nurse withdraw her training could be a €œsymptom€