Diabetes UK says that ‘People with diabetes spend only three hours a year with a healthcare professional on average. For the remaining 8,757 hours they manage their diabetes themselves.’
So please help us get the word out by actively encouraging patients, friends and colleagues who are living with diabetes to book and attend the courses they need to live well with diabetes.
Patients can self-refer using the contact us page or find their local information sessions using our postcode search.
Find out how education can make dealing with diabetes easier.
The rationale stated by NICE is as follows:
“Type 2 diabetes is a progressive long-term medical condition that the person predominantly self-manages. Managing Type 2 diabetes involves lifestyle changes, and treatment can be complex. Structured education programmes can help adults with Type 2 diabetes to improve their knowledge and skills and also help to motivate them to take control of their condition and self-manage it effectively.”
If it has not been undertaken by 12 months after the diagnosis, then it should be offered at a time that is clinically appropriate and suitable for the person, regardless of the duration of Type 1 diabetes.
Its recommendations include explaining to the adult with Type 1 diabetes that structured education is an integral part of diabetes care.
Recommendations (1.4 Dietary Management) state that carbohydrate counting training should be offered to adults with Type 1 who are waiting for a more detailed structured education programme or who are unable to take part in structured education programmes.
Use the Postcode Search below to help locate your local diabetes education team.
Or see the Contact Us page.