Patients are referred into the integrated diabetes service by their GP or another health professional.
The service brings together diabetes specialists from hospital, community and mental health services to support patients with their physical and mental health needs. This includes diabetes nurses and dieticians.
Services include:
- Diabetes education including a course for newly diagnosed patients and ongoing sessions to help people manage their diabetes long-term
- diabetes clinics in GP practices and health centres
- Foot clinics
- Wellbeing service and specialist psychological support
Self-management courses for patients living in south and west Hertfordshire
- DESMOND is a face-to-face education course offered to anyone within their first year of being diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
- DAFNE (Dose adjustment for normal eating) is a five-day educational course for managing Type 1 Diabetes. There is a useful video you can watch on the website.