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Diabetes Structured Education

Checked: 23-05-2023 by Vicky Ryan Next Review: 23-05-2024

Diabetes Structured Education

The Sirona Diabetes and Nutrition Service provide a range of free education courses for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, to support patients to learn more about their condition and how to self manage.

Currently the Diabetes Structured Education Programmes for BNSSG are:

Living with Diabetes for those newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (within the last 18 months) and
Food Freedom for patients with type 1 diabetes who want to learn more about carbohydrate counting.

Please see the Sirona website, Diabetes Structured Education for further details.

Referral

At diagnosis, all those with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes should be given a copy of the Purple Diabetes Information Pack and referred to the 'Living with Diabetes' group education programme. To order packs please email sirona.dans@nhs.net

Any Healthcare professional can refer, and the service also considers self-referrals for diabetes education programmes. The person you are referring must be informed that their details are being forwarded to the Diabetes & Nutrition team office.

Referrals should be made through managed referrals on EMIS

Referral target:

Sirona – DANS – GP referral

Clinical Term:

Referral to community diabetes service

Alternatively, complete a referral form and submit using the referral contact details below.

Point of contact for all referrals:

Tel: 0300 124 5908

Email sirona.dans@nhs.net

NHSE Digital Diabetes Education

NHSE offer two online structured education programmes for patients:

Both programmes have been nationally approved and are available for free with self-referral.

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