Nicola Milne worked as a practice nurse with a special interest in diabetes for sixteen years until 2018 when she moved to establish the Community Diabetes Education and Support Team within central Manchester – a finalist in the Diabetes Quality in Care Awards in 2022.
As a co-author of the document ‘Best Practice Diabetes Care within the Primary Care Network’, Nicola worked to put the evidence from the document into practice as the DiAST Lead across a PCN in south Manchester (2022-2024). Nicola continues to work in primary care in multiple long-term conditions care and is also the Diabetes Specialist Nurse Clinical Lead for the Greater Manchester and East Cheshire Strategic Clinical Network.
Nicola has published work across multiple diabetes related subjects and is co-author of the Oxford Book of Diabetes Nursing (second edition) 2025.
Nicola is currently, co-vice chair of the Primary Care Diabetes and Obesity Society, an editorial board member of the Journal of Diabetes and Primary Care and the Journal of Diabetes Nursing, a member of the Diabetes UK Healthcare Professional Advisory Committee and has previously served as Chair of the Diabetes UK Professional Conference Organising Committee (2019).