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Free
The Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme aims to reduce people’s risk of developing Type 2 diabetes across England, and is available to people in Kingston.
What is this service?
We provide support, advice and education for people with diabetes.
The service is led by a Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse whose main focus is the DESMOND programme, but she may visit patients at home or in a GP surgery (mainly to support GPs and Community or District Nurses).
Services delivered are:
- Desmond – newly Diagnosed and Foundation
- Clinical Advice and support for Practice Nurses and GPs
- Support for Community Nurses
- Cedars’ Unit, Tolworth Hospital support
- Diabetes Education for staff
- Walking Away from Diabetes - NEW PROGRAMME
DESMOND is a nationwide structured group education programme developed by experienced health care professionals in participation with people who have diabetes. The programme is for those newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. It is delivered by two accredited healthcare professionals trained to deliver the course and aims to support the person with diabetes, to become the expert.
At DESMOND you can:
- Talk about your concerns
- Get answers to your questions
- Discuss the options for looking after your diabetes
- Be supported in making your own choices about how you deal with your diabetes
- Find out about what support you can expect from your local health service
Walking Away from Diabetes is a new three-hour education programme targeting people with either impaired glucose intolerance (IGT) or those at risk of diabetes as determined by the Leicester diabetes score developed in collaboration with Diabetes UK.
Good to know
- Cost: Free
