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28/07/2020 | 4 minutes

One Million Step Challenge

Have you found yourself with more time during lockdown? I know I have. And one of the ways I’m taking advantage of this extra time is to do more exercise. So it’s brilliant timing that Diabetes UK has launched the sponsored One Million Step Challenge.

Charlie Churchill
Ambassador for DUK One Million Step Challenge

28/07/2020 | 10 minutes

Your Microbiome – Get Trillions To Help Your Wellbeing!

Did you know you have trillions of ancient residents living within you? Who are these ancient visitors?

Dr. Katy Willis
GP in West London

28/07/2020 | 5 minutes

Where do I go to get information and education for type 1 diabetes?

When I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1974, I joined the “British Diabetic Association” (now known as Diabetes UK). I fumbled along for thirty years until 2004 when I decided to take the five-day DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) group education course at Central Middlesex Hospital, with seven other people with type 1 diabetes and it changed my life!

Peter Gilbert
A patient who has had Type 1 diabetes for 46 years.

28/07/2020 | 5 minutes

Inside the NWL Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

An insight into North West London Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (NWL DESP), the largest programme in London and one of the biggest in England.

Katie O'Leary
Senior Team Leader at the North West London Diabetic Eye Screening Program

28/07/2020 | 5 minutes

We are all patients…..

I have often thought that the term ‘patient’ can be unhelpful in today’s health service because the word patient describes a person who is poorly or unwell and is the passive recipient of medical treatment.

Ruth Miller
Diabetes Nurse Consultant for the North West London Diabetes Transformation programme