Structured Education and Diabetes Care - LCHS

We provide specialist diabetes care to patients with complex and intermediate diabetic problems.

We offer health promotion, education and support to patients and their carers within a variety of community settings to promote self-management and reduce disease complications.

Elements of the service:

The promotion of healthy lifestyles through the referral to:

• weight reduction courses
• exercise programmes
• smoking cessation programmes
• treatment and care plans for individuals who have poorly controlled type 2 diabetes and in some cases type 1 diabetes
• education courses for individuals who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes
• insulin, exenatide, liraglutide, bydureon and lixisenatide initiation with structured education programmes as appropriate
• access to specialist dietitians (experts in food and nutrition)
• access to podiatry services
• the provision of clinics by a community based GP with special interest in diabetes
• the service is also able to access support from other specialist services such as palliative care, wound care, respiratory and heart failure services
• teaching and support of healthcare professionals