Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are plans to introduce a Diabetes Specialist Nurses qualification to ensure standardisation of care for people with diabetes.
There are currently no national plans to introduce a Diabetes Specialist Nurses qualification.
Diabetes nurse training is currently available as part of a post graduate course offered by a number of universities which would be funded locally as part of on-going continuous professional development.
It is the responsibility of the Nursing and Midwifery Council to set the required standards for nurse practice in order for qualifications to be recognised on the nursing register.