wales

  1. L

    Patients in Wales - need your advice

    Hello I’d really like some advice please about what is normal in Wales regarding T1 diabetes. My mother in laws GP are saying they can’t support her with her diabetes, only the hospital can. She moved house a few years ago and didn’t update her address with the hospital. She assumed...
  2. anxiousgeek

    Hi, newly diagnosed Type 2 at 39

    Hi all, I'm Ren (they/them), I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes this week. I originally went to the GP about something else and in the process, they discovered that my blood sugar level had gone from 34 to 61 in a year. They retested and it was 64. I forget what the test is called. My great...
  3. Northerner

    Nurses in Wales leaving job due to stress, report says

    Morale among community nurses is low and many are leaving the service due to stress and an increased workload, a report has claimed. The report from a Welsh assembly committee said the changing nature of healthcare, in particular the move to provide more help in the home and the ageing...
  4. Tillagirl

    Not so new newbie....

    Hello all, this is my first week on this site. I was diagnosed ten years ago with Type 2 and promptly put my head in the sand, telling the doc I would lose weight and sort it. So here we are. I have lost weight (but not enough) and my blood sugar rose to the giddy heights of 20.2 in the morning...
  5. C

    Insulin Pump Support in Wales

    Hi Everyone, I will be soon moving from Scotland to Wales and was hoping someone might help me with a few questions regarding insulin pump support in Wales. Currently the NHS Scotland covers all my diabetes costs and I am unsure whether they do this in Wales? Also what about prescriptions? Are...
  6. Charlotte Cook

    Do Diabetics Have a More Acute Sense of Taste?

    Hello! Can you help me? My name is Charlotte Cook and I am a final year Food Science and Technology Student at Cardiff Metropolitan University. As the daughter of a Type 1 Diabetic, I have good knowledge and experience with the condition and as a Food Science student, I am also particularly...
  7. Northerner

    Organ donation opt-out law comes into force on December 1 in Wales

    On Tuesday, Wales will become the first UK country to introduce a revolutionary new approach to organ donation with a presumed consent ‘opt-out’ system. This is the story of how we got there. Wales will become the first country in the UK to introduce a revolutionary new approach to organ...
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