Diabetes Education

We all can benefit from knowing a bit more about our condition, so if Diabetes UK produces anything that might be of interest or guest speakers we have had on give links to information on their topics we will use this page to keep you informed.

GCSE information

Diabetes UK have produced a very easy to read guide for GCSE students on 'What is diabetes.'.  The guide is so good that it could be useful to anyone with diabetes or their friends and family so we've posted a link here and recommend you use it if you want to know a little bit more.

Green Sheet

Do you attend an outpatients clinic in the Ulster, Bangor or Ards Hospital?  If you do you may have got your 'green sheet' following your attendance.

The 'green sheet' details your most recent results from various blood & urine samples given at clinics and charts them against targets.  Some of the abbrevaitions can be difficult to understand, so to combat this the South Eastern Trust have developed a webpage where you can get help in understanding your 'green sheet' 

Please use this link to access their page and hopefully provide you with answers to your questions.

Pregnancy & Diabetes

At the Groups meeting on Monday the 8th of November Dr Roy Harper told the Group about a Diabetes UK, Queen University & South Eastern Trust co-project where a DVD has been develped for any ladies with diabetes who may be thinking about having a baby.

The DVD goes through how pregnancy can affect your diabetes and the support that you can get should you wish to start a family.

You should contact the Trust on 028 9056 4864 and they will be able to let you know how you can get a copy of this DVD.