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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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  1. Summary versions
  2. Implementation support
  3. Resource impact
  4. Audit and service improvement
  5. Decision aids
  6. Research recommendations
  7. Guidance into practice

Tools and resources

Tools and resources to help you put the guidance into practice.

Summary versions

  • Summary of medicines recommendations (PDF 158 KB)

    Published:
    18 February 2026
  • Visual summary: choosing, reviewing and changing medicines (PDF 154 KB)

    Published:
    18 February 2026

Implementation support

  • Implementation advice: health inequalities in type 2 diabetes

  • Prescribing guide: individualising medicines use for people with type 2 diabetes

  • Measuring the use of NICE guidance

Resource impact

  • Resource impact template (Excel 2.28 MB)

    Published:
    18 February 2026
  • Resource impact summary report

  • Resource impact statement (type 2 diabetes and periodontal disease)

Audit and service improvement

  • Baseline assessment tool (Excel 3.82 MB)

    Published:
    18 February 2026

Decision aids

  • Patient decision aid on type 2 diabetes: agreeing my blood glucose (HbA1c) target (PDF 414 KB)

    Published:
    15 February 2022
  • Patient decision aid information

Research recommendations

  • Research recommendations information

Guidance into practice

  • About the Into practice guide

  • Practical steps to improving the quality of care and services using NICE guidance

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