Diabetes Care: Management and Prevention

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What is NHS England doing to help people living with diabetes?

Since 2017/18, NHS England has made around £150 million of transformation funding available to support projects from individual integrated care systems (ICSs) to reduce variation in access to services and improve outcomes for people living with diabetes, focussing on four evidence-based intervention areas:

How do I Manage my diabetes?

Recognise your role: take some personal responsibility for managing your diabetes day-to-day Be honest: give accurate information about your health and how you are really feeling. Set goals: put into everyday practice the goals you may have agreed in your care plan.

How is diabetes treated?

Diabetes can be treated and its consequences avoided or delayed with diet, physical activity, medication and regular screening and treatment for complications. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces.

What can a healthcare professional do if I have diabetes?

Your healthcare professional can help you to understand the results of your diabetes checks, provide you with information and advice, talk about different options – for example, different types of medication available to you – and refer or signpost you to support in your local area.

What Is Diabetes Care

1. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/diabetes/
2. https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/managing-your-diabetes/care-to-expect
3. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes
4. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/diabetes-and-other-endocrinal--nutritional-and-metabolic-conditions/diabetes
5. https://www.england.nhs.uk/diabetes/treatment-care/
6. https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/diabetes-type-2/management/management-adults/