New study from Leicester Diabetes Centre highlights missed opportunity to support women at risk of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes.

Leicester Diabetes Centre responds to NICE NG28 consultation.

As Dr Harriet Morgan prepares to return home to Ghana, we caught up with her to reflect on her time with us—and to celebrate the impact she’s made during her stay.

Mark Walters, 47, will be taking to the skies above his home city of Swansea, Wales, for a daring skydive to raise money for diabetes research at the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC).

Professor Melanie Davies, has been recognised for her remarkable contribution to the prevention and treatment of diabetes at a ceremony in the USA.

In 2023 we received funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to improve digital health management of type 2 diabetes.

Five Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) researchers are heading to Chicago this weekend (20–23 June) to present their latest findings at the American Diabetes Association’s 84th Scientific Sessions

Current thinking around type 2 diabetes remission needs to be re-examined to improve patient outcomes, researchers behind a ground-breaking new report have said. 

The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) Inpatient Diabetes Training team, in partnership with the Leicester Diabetes Centre’s EDEN team, has launched an enhanced version of the ITS Insulin Safety for Hospital Staff e-learning module (ITS2.0). This free resource helps NHS Trusts improve insulin safety and diabetes care for hospitalised adults.

Paul is one of over 100 people in England participating in the MiFoot study. He shared his experience of taking part in research at the LDC

We are incredibly proud to announce that the Co-Director of Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC), Professor Melanie Davies CBE, has been chosen to receive a 2025 National Scientific and Health Care Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

New research shows that Type 2 diabetic patients benefit from continuous glucose monitoring technology (CGM) to improve their care but do not receive this due to lack of training.  

Physical activity professionals and diabetes specialists from the Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) and the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust have established a new Diabetes UK (DUK) Professional Interest Network (PIN) group.

A healthy eating and physical activity programme created with, and for, people of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes in London is now seeking volunteers to test its effectiveness around the UK.

A recent publication in Diabetic Medicine features significant contributions from Professor Samuel Seidu and James Ridgeway.

The Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) welcomed Professor of Diabetes and Endocrinology Sharad Taheri this autumn.

An international award-winning professor, and Co-Director of LDC, has been selected to deliver a prestigious national lecture in recognition of his research on ethnic minority populations.

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) colleagues working on the 'My Diabetes and Me' (MDAM) study have won a Special Recognition Award at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust's Inclusion Awards 2024 for their work developing and researching the effectiveness of the DESMOND-ID programme. 

Three experts from Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) will be speaking at the 20th National Primary Care Diabetes Society (PCDS) conference in Birmingham on 6 and 7 November.

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) has been accredited as an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Centre of Excellence for Diabetes Care for the eighth year running.