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Type 2 diabetes in adults: management

  • NICE guideline
  • Reference number: NG28
  • Published:  02 December 2015
  • Last updated:  18 February 2026
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  • Individualised care
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  • Blood glucose management
  • Person-centred medicine
  • Initial medicines
  • How to introduce medicines
  • Reviewing medicines
  • Further medication
  • Insulin-based treatments
  • Complications
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Using this guideline

People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in NICE's information on making decisions about your care.

Making decisions using NICE guidelines explains how we use words to show the strength (or certainty) of our recommendations, and has information about prescribing medicines (including off-label use), professional guidelines, standards and laws (including on consent and mental capacity), and safeguarding.

Healthcare professionals should follow our general guidelines for people delivering care:

  • Patient experience in adult NHS services

  • Shared decision making

  • Medicines adherence

  • Medicines optimisation

  • Multimorbidity

  • Decision making and mental capacity.

Read this guideline alongside the NHS Type 2 diabetes Path to Remission Programme.


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