Type 1 Diabetes
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diabetes education
Type 1 diabetes typically manifests earlier in life and requires immediate insulin replacement.
Spirit Hub provides a great starting point to begin learning about diabetes education and local services.
Living With Type 1 Diabetes
If you’ve got Type 1 diabetes, you get insulin into your body by injecting it, or using an insulin pump, which delivers a constant supply into you.
But with the right treatment and care, the long-term effects of diabetes and high glucose levels can be managed.
Diabetes Symptoms
- Going to the toilet a lot, especially at night.
- Being really thirsty.
- Feeling more tired than usual.
- Losing weight without trying to.
- Genital itching or thrush.
- Cuts and wounds take longer to heal.
- Blurred vision.
These symptoms can affect anyone – adult or child.
Source: Diabetes UK
Frequently Asked Questions
Patients can easily book onto a course by speaking to a member of our team on 01233 228749.
Don’t worry If you don’t have your medical details, just contact the call centre. They will contact the GP practice to obtain the details.
No, anybody with a diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in Kent & Medway is eligible.
Anyone with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and registered with a GP practice within the Kent and Medway ICB area, including those of no fixed abode. Patients being referred to the service should be over the age of 18.
The Hub is for people who have received a diabetes diagnosis (Type 1 or Type 2) and would benefit from structured education. All people with diabetes must be registered with GPs in one of the listed Kent and Medway CCGs.
The Hub is not just for people that are newly diagnosed, anyone who has been diagnosed with diabetes would be able to use the Hub to get access to Structured Education. We know that many people have had diabetes for many years and have never attended a course, we are keen that they are encouraged to attend, and Healthcare Professionals will be encouraged to also refer these people.
The call centre staff can be contacted by telephone from 08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday.
Multi language support is available.
Our website is available 24/7 where patients can book their course directly, or even read up on the wealth of information provided about diabetes.
Education programmes will be run by your local diabetes teams.