PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Ketan Dhatariya AU - Omar G Mustafa AU - Gerry Rayman TI - Safe care for people with diabetes in hospital AID - 10.7861/clinmed.2019-0255 DP - 2020 Jan 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 21--27 VI - 20 IP - 1 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/1/21.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/20/1/21.full SO - Clin Med2020 Jan 01; 20 AB - Diabetes is the most prevalent long-term condition, occurring in approximately 6.5% of the UK population. However, an average of 18% of all acute hospital beds are occupied by someone with diabetes. Having diabetes in hospital is associated with increased harm – however that may be defined. Over the last few years the groups such as the Joint British Diabetes Societies for Inpatient Care have produced guidelines to help medical and nursing staff manage inpatients with diabetes. These guidelines have been rapidly adopted across the UK. The National Diabetes Inpatient Audit has shown that over the last few years the care for people with diabetes has slowly improved, but there remain challenges in terms of providing appropriate staffing and education. Patient safety is paramount, and thus there remains a lot to do to ensure this vulnerable group of people are not at increased risk of harm.