Diabetes

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Watch The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme story

Each year, more and more people are being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. This can lead to stroke, blindness, heart disease, kidney failure, limb amputation and early death. Find out how the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme can help those at high risk of Type 2 diabetes to make lifestyle changes and reduce their risk.

Watch Tom's story (NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme)

This animation follows Tom who has been told he is at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

It looks at how Tom can prevent the disease from developing and how he got the help and support he needed from the Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.

News and blogs

Understanding experiences of living with diabetes: a national survey

The National Diabetes Audit (NDA) provides a clinical view of diabetes care in England and Wales, and evidences variation in the achievement of diabetes care processes and treatment targets. However, no national measure of patient experience exists to understand this variation. The National Diabetes Experience Survey, a new national survey of people living with type […]