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Barnabas Medical Centre Sumtember 2020

Barnabas Bulletin

NHS Diabetes Preven on Programme

Diabetes Prevention 1
There are currently around 3.4 million people with Type 2
Diabetes in England, and another 5 million thought to be at Patient Survey Results 2
high risk with around 200,000 new diagnoses, 22,000 Newsround 2,3,4,6
unnecessarily early deaths and 9,000 amputa ons each year. Patient Experience Sharing 3
One in six people in hospital has Diabetes, which means: Food & Drug Interactions 3
• o!en a longer stay in hospital Support in Bereavement 4
• a higher risk of being re-admi"ed Theresa Fitzgerald & Dr Jey 4
• a higher risk of risk of dying.
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Type 2 Diabetes is also a leading cause of preventable sight loss PPG Corner 5
in people of working age, and a major contributor to kidney Mid-Life Screening 6
failure, heart a"ack, and stroke. It has a signiﬁcant impact on PlusBus for Health 6
quality of life.
PPG Awareness Week 7
It is not surprising, therefore, that Type 2 Diabetes costs the IAPT Service 7
NHS a lot of money – around £10 billion a year, or approaching
10% of the total budget. NHS App 7
Flu vaccination 8
The risk factors for developing Type 2 Diabetes include being
overweight, lack of exercise (o!en due to other health
problems), depression, and a family history of the disease.
However Type 2 Diabetes is largely preventable through
lifestyle changes and the NHS Diabetes Preven on Programme
(NDPP) aims to: 91% of pa ents say
• reduce pa ent’s risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes they are “Extremely
• improve the overall health of the na on Likely” or “Likely” to
• reduce the ﬁnancial burden on the NHS, including the recommend the
treatment of associated condi ons such as sight loss, kidney
failure and stroke. Prac ce

NDPP is being made available to every adult iden ﬁed as being
at risk of Type 2 Diabetes. The programme consists of face-to-
face (o!en group) sessions, and will provide tailored,
personalised support to make lifestyle changes, thus reducing
the risk of developing the disease. The programme will
include: Don’t need your
• educa on on lifestyle choices appointment?
• advice on reducing weight through healthier ea ng Can’t get to your
• bespoke physical ac vity programmes.
appointment?
Addi onally from this summer, up to 20% of NDPP places will Then please tell us!
be provided as a digital stream, for those pa ents who ﬁnd it
diﬃcult to a"end face-to-face sessions (for example because of

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