This community clinic supports people living with type 2 diabetes. It is a multidisciplinary approach to support individuals to live well with their diabetes.

Our clinic includes a diabetes practitioner and a diabetes specialist dietitian. There will also be someone from your GP practice, usually a practice nurse or clinical pharmacist.

What is type 2 diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is a common condition which causes the level of sugar (glucose) in the blood to become too high. This is because the insulin your body is producing isn’t enough or it can’t work properly (known as insulin resistance).

High blood glucose levels, if untreated, can result in unpleasant symptoms such as excessive thirst, needing to pass a lot of urine and extreme tiredness.

What can I expect?

You will have an initial appointment with a diabetes practitioner to discuss blood glucose levels, current medications, current practices, address any concerns and to determine if any changes can be made. This appointment will last for up to 45 minutes.

You will then have an appointment with the diabetes specialist dietitian to discuss diet, lifestyle and overall wellbeing. We can also signpost to other services such as social prescribing or talking therapies, if appropriate. This appointment will be up to 45 minutes.

Your total appointment time will be one hour, 30 minutes.

How can we help you?

We will help support you to manage your diabetes to the best of our ability along side your current lifestyle and personal goals.

The purpose of all diabetes treatment is to reduce the risk of the long-term complications of diabetes, such as heart attack, stroke, amputation, blindness, kidney failure and nerve damage.

Although this is a long clinic, we hope it will give you the opportunity to discuss any concerns around your diabetes management.

What patients have told us

• “It was better than any appointment I’ve ever been to regarding my diabetes.”
• “Thought the team were genuinely supportive and interested in helping me get better control of my diabetes. Friendly, helpful health care professionals who were supportive and made me feel like a real person not just a number in the system.”
• “My appointment was very positive. I felt listened to in every aspect of my life. I feel I was offered immeasurable support today thank you.”
• “Warm and friendly, felt I could ask questions.”
• “Informative, friendly and extremely helpful. Unrushed so time to explain everything’”
• “My blood results are better – weight coming down.”
• “Very good discussion of my problem, very informative discussion concerning treatment and diet.”