RAISING AWARENESS OF INSULIN SAFETY IN THE UK

The campaign’s primary objective is to raise awareness of insulin safety within the healthcare community. 

Taking place from May 11 to 17, Insulin Safety Week 2026 mirrors the format of Hypo Awareness Week, fostering engagement and education.

Upon registration, participants will receive a comprehensive resource pack, comprising printed materials such as posters and t-shirts to animate their campaigns. Additionally, an online resource pack will be available, offering graphics, templates, and guidelines to facilitate a unified and impactful approach.

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Insulin Safety Week Partners

Images from around the country capturing the inaugural, national campaign

Insulin Safety Week in pictures and videos

LATEST NEWS

May 14, 2025

NeedleBay supports Insulin Safety Week 2025 with real-life success story

Retired paramedic Paul Thompson credits an innovative device with transforming his diabetes management. As Insulin Safety Week 2025 gets underway this week, NeedleBay is proud to support the campaign by sharing the story of Paul Thompson – a retired paramedic living with diabetes – who describes the device as “revolutionary” in helping him take control...
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April 28, 2025

Company behind diabetes management breakthrough sponsors Insulin Safety Week 2025

The company behind a pioneering device that significantly improves diabetes self-management will sponsor next month’s Insulin Safety Week 2025. Designed to simplify the handling and storage of insulin pen needles, NeedleBay provides an innovative solution for safe and efficient insulin administration. Research has shown that users experienced an 88 per cent improvement in managing their...
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November 12, 2024

Wiltshire Health and Care wins national Insulin Safety Week Excellence Award

Wiltshire Health and Care’s Lead Community Clinical Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Beth Kelly, has been awarded the prestigious Insulin Safety Week Excellence Award, part of the QiC Diabetes awards programme. This national recognition celebrates Beth and her team’s commitment to improving insulin safety through targeted education and awareness initiatives across Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire, and Somerset. Under...
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Local Insulin Safety Week campaigns staged in 2017

The history

March 2, 2018

Training introduced at East Sussex hospitals as part of Insulin Safety Week

A hospital trust has staged a week-long campaign to improve insulin safety. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust staged Insulin Safety Week from Monday, April 24, to Sunday, April 30. It was organised to reduce the number of serious incidents relating to the drug, with 46 per cent of patients treated with insulin in hospitals nationally...
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March 2, 2018

Leicester’s Insulin campaign gets safety message across

An Insulin Safety Week staged in Leicester in June 2017 reached more than 1,000 staff members. Leicester’s Hospitals have been staging Insulin Safety Week this week in a bid to educate nurses, doctors and other healthcare staff about insulin and the need to understand the drug and use it safely. Members of the diabetes team...
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March 2, 2018

Southampton uses Insulin Safety Week to launch flowchart

Southampton General Hospital stage an Insulin Safety Week in November 2017 campaign to launch a new assessment tool for the self administration of the drug. University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is running an Insulin Safety Week from Monday, November 13, to Friday, November, 17. The diabetes team has used the opportunity to roll out the self-administration...
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Innovative approach scoops top prize

Hitting the high notes

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Hull wins Excellence Award with Dua Lipa hit

October 30, 2018,
A rendition of a Dua Lipa song by a Hull diabetes consultant with new words conveying the message of insulin safety has won a prestigious national award. The Inpatients Diabetes Team at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust came up with its own version of the hit-song ‘New Rules’ named ‘Insulin Rules’ during Insulin...
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Organisations supporting this year's Insulin Safety Week

Supporters