Find information resources about diabetes including key resources, books, and journal articles. This guide is for RCN members including nursing students, nursing support workers, and registered nurses.

• Key Resources
• Books
• Journals

Key Resources Books Journals

Key Resources

Diabetes Specialist Nurse (DSN) Forum UK

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HSC: Northern Ireland diabetes network 

• A network of carers, health social care professionals and people living with diabetes working in partnership with Diabetes UK to deliver better care.
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Language Matters Diabetes

• Access guidance on considerate language usage for positive outcomes within diabetes care.
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NHS England: National Diabetes Audit Programme

• Access interactive data visualisations relating to the care of people with diabetes.
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NHS England (no date) NHS Type 2 diabetes path to remission programme.

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NHS Wales: Hub for Diabetes Healthcare Professionals

• Access audits, educational resources, and pathways for care relating to the care for people with diabetes.
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Diabetes in Scotland: resources

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2026) Type 2 diabetes in adults: management. NG28.

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Clinical resources on RCN Learn

• Explore the range of quality-assured resources and courses we offer on diabetes.

Trend Diabetes

• Access educational resources to inform best practice in diabetes care.
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Diabetes UK: resources to improve care

• Resources and tools to help healthcare professionals and commissioners improve diabetes care.
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World Health Organization: Diabetes

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We would like to thank the RCN Diabetes member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Davidson T (2020) What you need to know about diabetes. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.

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Dunning T and Sinclair A J (2020) Care of people with diabetes: a manual for healthcare practice. Newark: John Wiley and Sons.

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Holt R I G and Flyvbjerg A (2024) Textbook of diabetes. 6th edn. Newark: John Wiley & Sons.

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Klonoff D C, Kerr D and Mulvaney S A (2020) Diabetes digital health. San Diego: Elsevier.

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Kopelman P G, Caterson I D and Dietz W H (2022) Clinical obesity in adults and children. 4th edn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

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Milne N and Thomas T (eds.) (2025) Oxford handbook of diabetes nursing. 2nd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Ng M(2022) A guide to type 1 diabetes management, technology, and everything else you need to know. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

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Phillips A (2023) Diabetes care at a glance. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.

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Sam A H, Meeran K and Hill N (2023) Endocrinology and diabetes: lecture notes. Second edn. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell.

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Sinclair A and others (eds.) (2017) Diabetes in old age. 4th edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.

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Taylor R and Alberti G (2021) Life without diabetes: the definitive guide to understanding and reversing Type 2 diabetes. New York: HarperCollins.

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Veves A, Giurini J M and Guzman R J (2019) The diabetic foot: medical and surgical management. 4th edn. Cham: Humana Press.

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Book subject searches

Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Diabetes nursing
• Diabetic foot
• Diabetic people
• Insulin
• Nutrition and diet
• Obesity

Journal articles

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Diabetes education
• Diabetes mellitus, gestational
• Diabetes mellitus, type 1
• Diabetes mellitus, type 2
• Diabetic patients
• Glycaemic control, diabetes

Journals

Journals of interest for diabetes. Use these links to see details of availability.

• BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care
• Cardiovascular Diabetology
• Diabetes Care
• Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
• Journal of Diabetes

Open Access Journals

The following are open access links to journals of interest for diabetes.

• Diabetes and Primary Care
• Diabetes Care for Children and Young People
• Diabetes Digest
• The Diabetic Foot Journal
• Journal of Diabetes Nursing