Nicola Milne

Nicola Milne qualified as a Registered General Nurse and Midwife in 1998 and 1991, respectively, moving into primary care in 2002, where she worked as a Practice Nurse for sixteen years. Whilst retaining a generalist role, Nicola had a special interest in diabetes, with a key focus on ensuring effective, accessible care. 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 (DIabetes SupporT) Lead across a PCN in south Manchester from 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 presented abstracts at multiple conferences and is highly  involved in the education of healthcare professionals. She has published work across multiple diabetes related subjects and is co-author of the Oxford Book of Diabetes Nursing (second edition) 2025. 

Nicola has previously served as Chair of the Diabetes UK Professional Conference Organising Committee for Liverpool 2019 and was a member of the NICE Diabetes Guidelines suite 2019-2020. Currently, she is 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 Research Study Group for diabetes related complications, member of the Diabetes UK Healthcare Professional Advisory Committee and a course tutor for i-Heed for the diabetes diploma modules.  

Queen’s Nurse, Registered General Nurse and Midwife 

Primary Care Diabetes Specialist Nurse 

Diabetes Specialist Nurse Clinical Lead for Greater Manchester and East Cheshire Diabetes Strategic Clinical Network  

Co-Vice Chair Primary Care Diabetes and Obesity Society 

Diabetes UK Clinical Champion