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Debbie Hicks

Nurse Consultant – Diabetes, Medicus Health Partners, Enfield, Co-Chair – TREND-UK (Training, Research and Education for Nursing in Diabetes)

In 1990, Debbie began as a diabetes nurse in Hull. It was here she developed the Diabetes Specialist Nursing Service and went from being a lone practitioner to becoming the service lead, working with seven other DSN colleagues. She is an Independent Nurse prescriber.

In September 2005, she moved south to take up the post of Nurse Consultant – Diabetes. She led a team of four nurses and two administrative staff. The role of the Enfield Community Services Diabetes Nursing team is to provide high-quality, patient-centred diabetes care based within the community. In January 2019 she took up a new post working with Medicus Health Partners to improve diabetes care delivery within a group of fourteen like-minded General Practices in Enfield.

Debbie has published over a hundred and thirty papers in the UK, Italy, France and the United States, with seventy as first author, since she began in diabetes nursing in 1990. Topics of publication include insulin therapy, injection device choice, injection technique, blood glucose monitoring, care delivery, patient education, service redesign and many more. She has presented papers in the UK, Belgium, Norway, New Zealand, Israel, Switzerland and the Republic of Ireland.

Debbie has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Diabetes Nursing since it was first published in 1996 and included her “Diabetes Issues” problem page. She was the Editor-in-Chief from July 2007 to November 2017. Debbie is currently a member of the editorial board of The Diabetes Times.

Debbie is the founding member and Co-Chair of TREND-UK (Training, Research and Education for Nurses in Diabetes) that was launched in January 2010. In 2018 TREND-UK won two national awards for excellence in diabetes care. She is also the Chair of Injection Technique Matters – Best Practice in Diabetes Care that aims to encourage best practice in injection technique for all healthcare professionals, and people living with diabetes using injectable therapies to ensure optimum benefit from these medications. In 2013, Debbie won two National awards for her work on injection safety.

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