Guide to Diabetes
- In Leicester..The facts
- What is Diabetes?
- Types of Diabetes
- Are you at risk?
- Being At Risk of Diabetes?
- Preventing Diabetes
- Signs and Symptoms
- Diagnosing Diabetes
- Your Health Profile
- Myths and FAQs
- Glossary
- Newly Diagnosed
- Treating Diabetes
- Diet and Lifestyle
- Your Medication
- Oral Drugs and Exenatide
- Complimentary Therapies
- High Blood Pressure & Cholesterol
- Antidepressants and Aspirin
- Insulin Therapy
- The Safe Use of Insulin and You - PIL
- Getting started on Insulin
- Devices and Storage
- Injecting and adjusting doses
- Sharps Disposal
- Insulin Pump Therapy
- Insulin after a heart attack
- Balanced Eating
- Food Groups: Carbohydrates
- High Fat Foods & Oils
- Fruit and Vegetables
- Meat, Fish, Poultry, Pulses - Protein
- Milk and Dairy foods
- Salt
- Diabetes and Alcohol
- Keeping Active
- Exercise and Sports
- Stopping Smoking
- Blood Pressure
- Cholesterol
- Managing your Weight
- Are you ready to lose weight?
- How can I Iose weight?
- Getting started - Making a plan
- Reducing Portions
- Employment
- Driving and the DVLA
- Driving Safely
- Travelling
- Hypoglycaemia 'Hypos'
- Coping with Illness: Sick Days
- Sexual Health
- Healthcare Entitlements
- Festivities
- Celebrities with Diabetes
- The Islamic Month of Fasting
- What is Ramadan?
- Keeping your diabetes in control
- A Safer Ramadan - DESMOND Education
- Food Choices in Ramadan
- Ramadan Facts
- Ramadan Resources
- Recipe of the Month
- Meal Ideas
- Healthier Asian Recipes
- Healthy Recipes
- Cakes & Desserts
- Proportions
- Food Labels
- Glycaemic index
- Eating out: Restaurants
- Eating Out: Fast Food
- Diabetes and Food Quiz
- Annual Review
- Intermediate Diabetes Care
- Care in Hospital
- Eye Screening
- Patient Appointments / hospital stay
- GP Active Lifestyle Referral Scheme - Primary
- DESMOND- Type 2
- Type 1 Foundation Education Groups UHL
- DAFNE - Type 1
- DAFNE - by Andy Broomhead - Diabetes UK Blogs
- Hypoglycaemia
- Complications of Diabetes
- Nerve Damage
- Eye Problems
- Heart Problems
- Foot Problems
- Kidney Problems
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Diabetes UK Voluntary Groups
- Local Diabetes Charity Support Groups
- Local Sports and Fitness Activities
- FAB Weight Management - Leicester City
- LEAP Lifestyle, Eating and Activity Programme
- Healthy Lifestyle Programmes Change4life
- Get walking, Keep walking in Leicester
- Silver Star Diabetes
- Newly diagnosed children, Type1
- Diabetes Treatment for Children
- Hypos and Emergencies - Children and Young Adults
- Sick Day Rules for Children
- Stay safe at School
- Eating Healthy - Children
- Teenage Life
- Drugs know the Score
- Young Adult Clincs
- Help is at Hand
- Parents Support Group
Newly Diagnosed with Diabetes Information Leaflets
Our team has put together a range of informative and useful information leaflets design to support in with your journey with diabetes.
The leaflets cover a range of topics and we'll be adding new leaflets in the near future. We hope that they will increase your understanding of diabetes and help you to be able to make the right decisions for you.
Documents
Hypo Leaflet - All You need to know about hypos (ICDS)
Information about how to deal with hypos Download Document
Dietary Advice: Carbohydrates : A guide to carbohydrate containing foods
The booklet provides a step by step approach on how you can become an efficient carbohydrate counter. The booklet highlights key areas: What is carbohydrate Do all carbohydrates foods influence blood glucose in the same way Quick acting and slow acting carbohydrates Estimating carbohydrate amounts matching insulin to carbohydrate produced by the Diabetes Specialist Dietitians as part of the DAFNE education programme UHL & LNDS Information leaflet Download Document
Diabetes: Your Diabetes, Your Health, Your Way
his booklet is aimed at people with diabetes, a long-term condition. You will have to live with it for the rest of your life. While there is no cure, it can be managed so that it doesn’t dominate and control your life and there is plenty that can be done to control the disease and improve your quality of life. Publication jointly produced by the 4 NHS organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. (2009) Download Document
Kidneys: Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy - Kidney Disease - what is it ? Renal patient information Download Document
Illness: Coping with Illness Type 2 Diabetes (UHL)
Patient information produced by the department of Diabetes UHL Download Document
Illness: Coping with Illness Type 1 Diabetes
Patient information leaflet produced by the Department of diabetes UHL. For non-DAFNE graduates and those not using insulin pumps. Download Document
Gestational Diabetes Antenatal Care
This booklet aims to give you an overview of what is meant by ‘Gestational Diabetes Mellitus’ (GDM), how this may affect you and your baby and what care you will now receive until after the birth of your baby. Download Document
Haemoglobin A1c Testing (HbA1c)
This booklet to help you to understand your diabetes, how it will affect you and how to stay healthy. Keeping your diabetes under good control is the key to staying healthy. Download Document
Pre-pregnancy Planning for Women with Diabetes
This leaflet has been especially designed for women with diabetes who are planning to become pregnant. Whilst having diabetes should not prevent you having a baby it is very important that you take special care of yourself and your diabetes in order to reduce the risk of complications for both you and your baby during the pregnancy Download Document
Type 2 Diabetes and What Happens Next
The Diabetes Team have produced this booklet to help you to understand your diabetes, how it will affect you and how to stay healthy. Download Document
Diabetes Footcare - High Risk
UHL Information Leaflet 2012 Download Document
Diabetes Footcare - Low Risk
UHL Information Download Document
Diabetes Footcare- looking after your ulcer
UHL Information leaflet Download Document
Advice about Footwear
UHL information leaflet Download Document
Diabetes Footcare- Moderate Risk
UHL Information Leaflet 2012 Download Document
Diabetes, Tabacco and You. All you need to know.
This information leaflet contains all you need to know about: the risks of smoking, chewing tobacco with diabetes and how we can help you quit. 2012 Download Document
The Safe Use of Insulin and You
Patient information leaflet, about the Right insulin, the Right Dose, The Right way, the Right time and Hypoglycaemia (2012) Download Document
Pregnancy: Gestational Diabetes Dietary Advice
A guide for patient and healthcare professionals - UHL Information leaflet Download Document
Looking after Diabetes During Ramadan - A guide for patients
Leicestershire Diabetes Booklet Download Document
Safe Driving and the DVLA - PIL (PDF 180KB)
Information about the new regulations set out by the DVLA about driving on Insulin and hypos Download Document
New Updated Carbohydrate portion list (2012)
This booklet lists a wide array of carbohydrate containing foods including takeaway foods in practical portion measures. UHL & LNDS Information leaflet (2012) Download Document
Are you are Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes- 2013
New Prevention booklet developed to supersede the Pre- diabetes booklet Download Document
Hypoglycaemia or \'Hypos\' all you need to know - (PDF 187 KB)
Leicestershire Diabetes Leaflet (UHL 2013) Download Document