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Diabetes Programme Board

• About the Diabetes Programme Board

Community Services

• Outreach Clinics
• Integrated Community Diabetes Service ICDS
• UHL Community Clinics-County
• Podiatry Service City
• Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust Community Health Service (CHS) Podiatry Services
• Leicestershire Nutrition and Dietetic Service (LNDS)
• Pharmacy Initiatives

UHL Campaigns

• Patient Safety First
• Putting Feet First
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Clinics UHL

• Inpatient Service
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Your Diabetes

What is Diabetes?

• What is Diabetes?
• Types of Diabetes
• Diagnosing Diabetes
• Pre-Diabetes
• Are you at risk?
• Signs and Symptoms
• Know Your Numbers
• Preventing Diabetes
• Treating Diabetes
• Facts and Figures
• Myths and FAQs

Living with Diabetes

• Employment
• Driving and the DVLA
• Driving Safely
• Travelling
• Sexual Health
• Healthcare Entitlements
• Coping with Illness
• Celebrities with Diabetes

Food and Recipes

• Recipe of the Month
• Healthier Asian Recipes
• More Healthy Recipes
• Meal Ideas
• Cakes & Desserts
• Proportions
• Glycaemic index
• Food Labels
• Eating out
• Fast foods
• Diabetes and Food Quiz

Healthy Lifestyle

• Balanced Eating
• Food Groups: Carbohydrates
• High Fat Foods & Oils
• Fruit and Vegetables
• Meat, Fish, Poultry, Pulses and Dhals
• Milk and Diary foods
• Salt
• Diabetes and Alcohol
• Activity, Exercise and Sport
• Managing Your Weight
• Stop Smoking
• Blood Pressure
• Cholesterol

Your Treatment

• Diet and Lifestyle
• Your Medication
• Oral Drugs and Exenatide
• High Blood Pressure & Cholesterol
• Antidepressants and Aspirin
• Insulin Therapy
• Insulin Regimes
• Devices and Storage
• Injecting and adjusting doses
• Insulin Pump Therapy
• Sharps Disposal
• Insulin after Heart Attack

Patient Information Leaflets

• Leicestershire Diabetes Information Leaflets
• Patient Information Leaflets

Support Managing your Diabetes

• Annual Review
• Intermediate Diabetes Care
• Care in Hospital
• GP Active Lifestyle Referral Scheme - Primary
• Diabetes UK Voluntary Groups
• Local Support Groups

Complications

• Hypos
• Risk Factors
• Eye Problems
• Foot Problems
• Treating Foot Problems
• Kidney Problems
• Nerve Damage
• Erectile Dysfunction
• Heart Problems

Self-Care

• Hypoglycaemia
• Personal Diabetes Handbook
• Monitoring Glucose
• Monitoring Ketones (DKA)
• Footcare
• Eye Care

Diabetes and Pregnancy

• Pre-Pregnancy
• Gestational Diabetes
• Dietary Advice

Children and Young Adults

• Diabetes for Children and Young Adults
• CYA Treatment
• CYA Hypos and Emergencies
• CYA Sick Day Rules
• Healthy Foods
• Teenage Life
• Drugs know the Score
• Young Adult Clincs
• Help is at Hand
• Parents Support Group

Endocrine Problems

• Endocrine Problems
• The Pituitary Gland
• Hypopituitarism
• Acromegaly
• Prolactinoma & PCOS
• Thyrotoxicosis
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Diabetes and Ramadan

• What is Ramadan
• Diabetes Advice for Ramadan
• Dietary Advice: Ramadan
• Ramadan Links

Diabetes Education

• Type 1 Foundation Groups UHL
• Insulin Management Groups
• DESMOND- Type 2
• DAFNE - Type 1

New

• Another test article
• Desmond Page

Research

About Us

• Leicester Diabetes Research Group
• Our Team

Research Newsletter

• Diabetes Research Newsletter

Getting Involved

• Patients
• Professionals
• Training

Current Research Studies

• ADDITION
• EXPEDITION
• Let's Prevent Diabetes
• Walking Away from Type 2 Diabetes
• DESMOND Research
• DAFNE Education Study
• Clinical Research Studies

SEM Diabetes Research Network

• About the SEM
• CLAHRCs

Published Research

• Diabetes Research UHL

Professional

Leicestershire Guidelines

• Diabetes Handbook (HP)
• Leicestershire Diabetes Guidelines
• Hospital Guidelines
• Prescribing Guides
• National Guidelines and Policies

Referring to Diabetes Services

• University Hospitals of Leicester
• Diabetes Foot Clinics
• Diabetes Dietitians UHL
• Diabetes Specialist Midwives
• DESMOND Education
• DAFNE
• Foundation groups Type 1 Newly Diagnosed
• Insulin Management Groups
• Insulin Pump Therapy
• Community Referral Forms

Training and Development

• MSc Diabetes
• Safe use of insulin
• Leicester - Gondar Links
• Young Diabetologist Forum
• Diabetes Competencies Skills for Health
• Diabetes Educator
• Clinical Research
• Podiatry Training Day
• Nurses Study Day
• Safe Use of Insulin E-learning Course

National Diabetes Audit

• National Diabetes Audit

Useful links

• Useful links

ICDS Integrated Care City

• ICDS Diabetes Care UHL
• ICDS Community Nurse Education Event

Evidence Base

• Driving and Hypoglycaemia- Questions and answers
• Diabetes Evidence Base
• UHL Clinical Libraries
• Journal Articles
• Diabetes and Ramadan Literature

News & Events

News Archive

• New Archive 2010
• October News
• Rowan Hillson visits the department
• Christmas Diabetes Advice

Latest News

• The Safe Use of Insulin Information Leaflet
• APIDRA - Return to stock week beginning 6th Feb 2012
• Temporary interruption of supplies of “Apidra” insulin preparations
• Older Peoples Diabetes Network
• The adult patient’s passport to safer use of insulin
• The General Practice Awards 2011
• New Leicestershire Diabetes Information Leaflets
• DESMOND ‘A Safer Ramadan’ group education in Leicester
• Diabetes Inpatient Care
• Nurses Diabetes Course Praised

Upcoming Events

• Health Calendar 2012
• Diabetes Management Update 15th March 2012
• Training Events
• Conferences

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