GREEN as per NICE NG17 in adults with type 1 diabetes.
GREEN 2nd line as per NG28 in adults with Type 2 diabetes if
The person needs assistance from a carer or healthcare professional to inject insulin and use of detemir or glargine (ensure glargine prescribed as brand name) would reduce the frequency of injections from twice to once daily or
the person’s lifestyle is restricted by recurrent symptomatic hypoglycaemic episodes or
the person would otherwise need twice-daily NPH insulin injections in combination with oral glucose-lowering drugs.
