Living with diabetes becomes a lifelong learning process once you are diagnosed.
The NHS Guidelines recommend that people with type 1 and 2 diabetes are offered patient education programmes, officially known as structured education whether you are newly diagnosed, or have had diabetes for years. The aim is to allow you to gain knowledge and skills from the experts to enable you to manage your own diabetes on a daily basis.
The University Hospital of Leicester NHS trust’s (UHL) Diabetes and Endocrinology department have and run several Structured Education /Support groups for people with diabetes. These are led by the diabetes specialist nurses (DSN), diabetes specialist dietitian, diabetes educators and consultants that have been trained to deliver the structured education.
Managing diabetes can be very demanding, often requiring you to make many lifestyle changes ,eg stopping smoking, changing your diet and physical activity level, taking medications and monitoring your blood glucose levels. It is imperative that you have the right information and skills to manage your diabetes.
There are education groups for people on insulin treatment, those newly diagnosed with type1, advice to help you manage your diabetes, and other projects to help you receive the best diabetes care possible with the diabetes team across Leicestershire.
In this section you find more information about the following:
Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes: Education Group for newly diagnosed patients : A two part group session for adults.
Insulin Management Groups: Are educational and informative service offered to people in Leicester with diabetes on insulin. The group sessions cover aspects of looking after your diabetes with insulin therapy.
DAFNE: Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating an education group that helps you manage your insulin treatment to allow you to eat what you like the education is delivered at various venues across Leicestershire by the Diabetes team.
DESMOND: Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed this is a structure education programme for people with type 2 diabetes.
Expert Patients Programme an NHS Initiative, expert patient programme, self management courses.
ABLE, a better life through education and empowerment, a Kidney Research UK initiative in Leicester aimed at the Asian and African Caribbean population.
N.B. If you are interested in the current development in the Diabetes Health Service in Leicestershire and the NHS National Service framework reports and documents for Diabetes Management you can access them from
The Directory> Diabetes StrategyLeicestershire Diabetes Programme Board
Professional>Evidence Based Practice Latest Government Diabetes Reports and Policies
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