The following best-practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of diabetes have been developed for health professionals by medical experts and researchers. Although this information is accessible to non-experts, they are aimed at the practicing health professional.
Disordered eating and eating Disorder Guideline for Type 1 Diabetes
Recommendations to support clinicians and services to recognise and provide comprehensive care for adults with disordered eating and type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Materials developed by the Queensland Diabetes Clinical Network and Diabetes Australia – Queensland
Managing Type 2 Diabetes with Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction (TCR)
Therapeutic carbohydrate reduction (TCR) is now recognised as one of a number of options for the management and potential remission of type 2 diabetes (T2D). This document is designed to aid medical management of individuals who have decided to undertake TCR.
Reviewed and endorsed under the guidance of the Australian Diabetes Society Clinical Advisory Committee
Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general practice
Proudly supported by AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim and Sanofi.
General Practice Management of Type 2 Diabetes 2016-18
Available here
Supported by – AstraZeneca, Sanofi Diabetes & Cardiovascular, Roche Diabetes Care and Eli Lilly
Australian Guideline for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease risk
Endorsed by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
National Evidence Based Guidelines for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
These Guidelines comprise a suite of Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines developed in 2009 under a funding agreement between the Department of Health and Ageing and the Diabetes Australia Guideline Development Consortium.
The five Guidelines in the series, when combined, present a comprehensive set of evidence-based guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of Type 2 Diabetes.
Guidelines
- National Evidence Based Guideline for Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
- National Evidence Based Guideline for Case Detection and Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
- National Evidence Based Guideline for Patient Education in Type 2 Diabetes
- National Evidence Based Guideline for Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
- National Evidence Based Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
Clinical guidelines for sick day management
A Guide for Health Professionals
National Evidence Based Guidelines on Prevention, Identification and Management of Foot Complications in Diabetes
Approved by the NHMRC, the full guideline, clinical guide, consumer guides and technical report can be downloaded from the Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute
Clinical guidelines for diabetes-related foot disease
Available at Diabetes Feet Australia
Diabetes and feet toolkit
Practical tool kit for Health Professionals using the guidelines for diabetes-related foot disease.
Outcomes and Indicators for Diabetes Education: National Consensus Position Information and Education for People with Diabetes: a ‘Best Practice’ Strategy
The Outcomes and Indicators report details a systematically derived framework of nationally agreed goals, outcomes and indicators for diabetes education. It provides a benchmark and policy platform for refining and evaluating the consistency, quality and effectiveness of diabetes education services which can be applied nationally and/or at a regional or local service level.
– Outcomes & Indicators report
National Evidence Based Clinical Care Guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Adults
The Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) and the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED) have completed the National Evidence Based Clinical Care Guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Adults and is approved by the NHMRC under section 14A of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992. The guidelines are available on the Diabetes Society website (scroll down the page).
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Position statements
Diabetes Australia also produces position statements on issues that impact people with diabetes, their friends, families and carers.
Health professional resources
Resources for healthcare professionals that provide guidance on how people can live well with diabetes.