Health information roadshow across Derby and Derbyshire for Diabetes Week 2018
An NHS roadshow sets off across Derby and southern Derbyshire during Diabetes Week 2018 (11 – 17 June) to help people cope with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.
The roadshow will also signpost people to a free award-winning X-PERT Health Diabetes Programme which can help people understand their diabetes and learn how to manage it better.
Diabetes coordinator Tracy Walker and diabetes educator Jenny Taylor from Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust are hosting the roadshow at the following locations:
Monday 11 June, 9am – 1pm:
London Road Community Hospital, Derby DE1 2QY
Tuesday 12 June, 9am – 1pm:
Alfreton Library, Severn Square, Alfreton, DE55 7BQ
Wednesday 13 June, 9.30am onwards:
Tesco Extra, Waverley Street, Long Eaton, NG10 1HG
Thursday 14 June:
London Road Community Hospital, Derby DE1 2QY 9am – 1pm
Ilkeston Library, Market Street, Ilkeston, DE7 5RN 9.30am – 1pm
Tesco Superstore, Kipling Drive, Mickleover, Derby DE3 9NH 1pm onwards
Tesco Extra, Rutland St, Ilkeston DE7 8DG 1pm onwards
Friday 15 June, 9.30am onwards:
Lloyds Pharmacy, Church Street, Alfreton, DE55 7BD
X-Pert Health Diabetes Programmer is funded by Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Erewash Clinical Commissioning Group for patients registered with GPs across south Derbyshire and Erewash. More…/
Tracy Walker explained: “We’re really keen to promote the fact that people in Derby, Erewash and southern Derbyshire can get help to learn more about type 2 diabetes and how to manage it via this free X-PERT course. We’ll be able to talk to people about the course and the benefits of attending. We hope people will come and see us to have a chat and find out more at any of the roadshow venues.”
The X-PERT Health Diabetes Programme is run at multiple locations across Derby, Erewash and southern Derbyshire. Over six weekly sessions, lasting two-and-a-half hours, participants can learn about ways in which they can take control of their diabetes, such as reducing blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol levels, losing weight and reducing diabetes medication.
Tracy added: “These are supportive groups and offer friendly help to people who have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and want to learn ways to manage their condition. Diabetes Week 2018 seemed a good opportunity to highlight the availability of this support to people locally.”
For more information telephone: X-PERT Diabetes Office: 01773 525029 or email: DCHST.Xpertdiabeteseducation@nhs.net or website: www.nhsstaywellderbyshire.co.uk
IN 2017 Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust was presented with two awards in recognition of its X-PERT Health Diabetes Education Programme sessions in Erewash, which were singled out for good “participant empowerment” and participant attendance.
The awards were presented by Dr Trudi Deakin, founder of X-PERT Health who said: "Organisations like Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust are doing a fantastic job helping patients make meaningful lifestyle changes which are having a huge positive influence on their health. I’m delighted they’re helping to provide the evidence we need to keep pushing diabetes education to the top of the agenda and I congratulate them on their success.”
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