Patient Leaflets
PATIENT INFORMATION LEAFLETS
Diabetes information leaflets available to download. Use the navigation menu to search the information you require.
NEW Free NHS Health Checks
Information booklet for patients on how FREE NHS health checks can help prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease.
Diabetes Information Leaflets in Different Languages www.lillydiab.co.uk
Diabetes leaflets in Gujerati, Bengali, Polish, Punjabi and Urdu click on the link below to access the www.lillydiab.co.uk Website
Diabetes Leaflets- Patient .co.uk
Click on the link to access the www.patient.co.uk Website for an abundant resource of leaflets
Diabetes: Have you been told about Diabetes? - Awareness Information (PDF 573KB)
What is diabetes , know your numbers, awareness campaign Leicester City. (Oct 2008)
Diabetes: Information for People with Learning Difficulties (PDF 1.66MB)
A booklet produced by and kindly made avaiable by Derbyshire County PCT. (Aug 07)
Diabetes: Pre-Diabetes (PDF 426 KB)
Produced by the Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology. (2006) Currently being reviewed
Diabetes: Your Diabetes, Your Health, Your Way (PDF 791KB)
An information guide for people with long term illnesses. Publication jointly produced by the 4 NHS organisations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. (2009)
Dietary Advice- Link to the British Dietetic Association (BDA)
Link to the website FOOD FACT leaflets, includes, food and behaviour, food labels and helath claims, eat for health, life stage eating, adults, children & babies,losing weight and detoxing, medical conditions, nutirents in food and nutrition, what is a dietitan
Dietary Advice: Carbohydrate Portion List (PDF 233KB)
Produced by the Diabetes Specialist Dietitians as part of the DAFNE education. Click Here to Access
Dietary Advice: Carbohydrate-A guide to carbohydrate containing foods (PDF 285KB)
Leaflet Produced by the diabetes specialist dietitans- UHL
Dietary Advice: pregnancy (PDF 258KB)
Information booklet produced by LNDS
Education: Desmond Education patient leaflet (PDF 512KB)
Meet DESMOND and discover aimed at helping you manage your diabetes leaflet. (2009)
Education: What is DAFNE (PDF 708KB)
Do you have Type 1 Diabetes? DAFNE may be able to help you.
Education: What is Desmond (PDF 1.1MB)KB)
What is Desmond? Information about Desmond, becoming a Desmond site, educator, how it meets the NICE criteria and what it can do for the population. (09)
Exercise: Dance Fitness Fusion (PDF 161KB)
Dance Fitness Fusion in Leicester City- Women Only Moat community College- Friday and Sunday and St Phillips Evington Thursday Contact: Anisha 07547 334569
Eyes: Diabetic Eye Screening Service for Leicestershire and Rutland-PDF (531KB)
Patient information leaflet for people attending eye screening appointments with the Diabetic Eye screening Service in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Eyes: Diabetic Eye Screening Service-Eye Drops-PDF (146KB)
Patient information leaflet following instillation of mydriatic eye drops after (eye) retinal screening
Eyes: Diabetic Retinopathy: The Facts-PDF (1.23MB)
Patient information leaflet published by the NHS 2005
Eyes: Preparing for Treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy & Maculopathy-PDF (1.78MB)
Patient information leaflet produced by the NHS November 2005
Eyes: Screening for People with Diabetes: The Facts PDF (1.76MB)
Patient information leaflet produced by the NHS 2005
Footcare: Diabetes Foot Care leaflet-PDF (40KB)
Patient information leaflet produced by Charnwood and Northwest Leicestershire Podiatry Department.
Footcare: Patient footcare information
Information produced and provided by Servier Laboratories
HbA1c: A change in reporting HBA1c (PDF 171KB)
As of 1st June the way in which HBA1c results are recorded has changed. Please click on the title to download the information leaflet. (June 2009)
HbA1c: Haemoglobin A1c Testing ( PDF 1.2MB)
Patient information leaflet produced by the Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology and the Department of Ophthalmology. Dr Ian Lawrence & Sabera Khan DSN (Version 2 updated February 2008)
Hospital Care: What care to expect during your hospital stay (PDF 417KB)
New patient information producecd by Diabetes UK
Hypo: Glucogel-PDF(540KB)
Patient information leaflet on Glucogel treatment for hypos
Illness: Coping with Illness Type 1 Diabetes (440KB)
Patient information leaflet produced by the Department of diabetes UHL. For non-DAFNE graduates and those not using insulin pumps
Illness: Coping with Illness Type 2 Diabetes (436 KB)
Patient information produced by the department of Diabetes UHL
Illness: Swine Flu- information leaflet (PDF 72KB)
UHL Public information (2009)
Kidneys: Diabetic Nephropathy (PDF 486KB)
Diabetic Nephropathy - Renal patient information (UHL)
Leicestershire Nutrition & Dietetic Service Resource
www.lnds.nhs.uk Links to Information sheets on diabetes, weight loss, cholesterol , Asian diets etc..., vitamin. Click on the link and then Diabetes
Pregnancy: Developing Diabetes In Pregnancy-PDF (1.6MB)
Patient information leaflet developing diabetes in pregnancy a UHL guide to your care in pregnancy produced by the Diabetes Midwifery team.
Ramadan , Fasting and Feasting
information on this subject can be found in our Ramadan Section click on the link to view these leaflets (2009)
Recipes: Healthier ASIAN RECIPES to download
Recipe leaflets in the different South Asian Languages can be downloaded from our Healthy Eating and Drinking Section. Includes recipes for Fish and traditional English meals also. click on the link
UHL patient information leaflets
A variety of patient information leaflets have been produced by the Hospital for common procedures, these include advice if you have diabetes. Link to the University Hopsitals of Leicesters Website-MORE LEAFLETS The leaflets are avaiable in different languages also. See Heart