Self care

We aim to help improve our member’s self care management of diabetes.

We do this by supplying information to local people with diabetes on how to better self manage their disease and prevent complications.

We signpost patients to:

   (i)   Help available from Diabetes UK   

  •    (ii)  Free Diabetes UK booklets
  •    (iii)  Local NHS Courses
             (e.g. Smoking Cessation, Expert Patient programme, Cardiac Stage IV Courses etc)
  •    (iv) Help available from our local Group as a patient support group
  •          (a) Leaflets and information available at our “helpdesks” & “Stands”
  •          (b) Self care managements talks at meetings that we organise for our members
  •          (c) Library of books available at meetings
  •          (d) Information contained in our newsletters
  •          (e) Information contained in this website.