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On World Diabetes Day (and I suspect, in honour of our support forum's 10th Birthday) - NHS England announced an end to the flash glucose monitoring postcode lottery. From April, this life-changing technology will be available on prescription across England to those who meet the criteria – no...

Hayley Jarvis, Head of Physical Activity at Mind, shares with us the all-important benefits of running to our mental health. In her spare time, Hayley is a mental health advocate and a peer volunteer/run leader for Dudley Mind. We’re all aware of the physical health benefits of being active...

Last year thousands of you told us what you want from the future. You told us that awareness and support for the emotional aspects of diabetes need to be improved. Tell us your experiences of diabetes care through the below survey, and help us make the case for better support...

Just in case you missed it – a few weeks ago the government announced a new chapter in the Childhood Obesity Plan. Diabetes UK has welcomed the plan, whilst saying it must only be the ‘start of a new chapter’ in our efforts to reduce obesity, which as we know is one of the major risk factors...

Later this year, we’re going to be launching a campaign to raise awareness of diabetes complications, to make sure people understand that diabetes is a serious condition. As part of the campaign, we’ll be talking about complications – in particular sight loss and amputation – and would like...

Many people have asked where Flash is available on the NHS. We have been gathering information around the UK to create a new helpful resource - The Flash Map. It’s a map of where we know Flash is available at the minute, where we know it isn’t and where there’s been no decision we know of so...

Good morning, We thought that you might be interested to hear about our new healthy eating campaign which launched yesterday, featuring five people living with diabetes cooking the food they love, but healthier. Please feel free to share or sign up to receive free videos and more tips and...

Hi, You might remember last year I asked you all to fill in a survey on accessing blood glucose test strips. (Many thanks to the very many people on this forum who did it by the way, was a big help!) Because of the results of that survey, Diabetes UK are now campaigning for fairer access to...

Hi folks, For those of you who have ever experienced difficulties in accessing diabetes education, or perhaps feel that others have not had the same opportunities to access diabetes education as yourself – Diabetes UK are looking for your voice. They have launched the next part of their Taking...