You & Type 2 Diabetes Posted or Updated on 22 Jul 2024

Our practice is changing the way we support people with Type 2 Diabetes. We hope that this will give you more information about your condition and more of an opportunity to discuss the things that are important to you.

The new service is called You & Type 2.

We will soon be inviting you to attend two consultations and we will share supporting information with you between those consultations.

The first appointment is your Annual Check.

In this consultation we will complete all the checks that tell us how things are going with you, including blood and urine tests, as well as foot and blood pressure checks. This consultation will be with the healthcare assistant.

After your Annual Check, we will share information, including results from the tests, with you. We hope that this will give you time to think about them before your second consultation. Your results will be shared with you by post or, where indicated, by email. We encourage you to think about the things that matter most to you when it comes to managing your diabetes.

After you have seen your results we will invite you to a second consultation known as your Care and Support Planning Appointment.

This consultation will be different to consultations you have had previously with your Doctor or Nurse. You will have an opportunity to review your progress and to discuss the things that are most important to you. You will also make a plan with your Doctor or Nurse for managing your diabetes over the next year.

Following your consultations, your Doctor or Nurse will give you a copy of the plan you make.

We hope you will find this new support makes things just that bit easier, and we look forward to seeing you at your first consultation.