Conclusion
Community pharmacists should proactively seek to engage with the Diabetes Prevention Programme and their local commissioning bodies to create new ways of working and supporting people with prediabetes and the risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes.
Additional sources of information
- Diabetes prevalence statistics (Diabetes UK)
- Government guidelines on preventing type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes facts and figures (IDF)
- Information on treatment and care (NHS)
- NHS England impact assessment of diabetes prevention programme
- Using pharmacists to help improve care for people with type 2 diabetes (RPS)
- NHS England Action for Diabetes (2014)
- NICE PH 38 (July 2012). Type 2 diabetes: prevention in people at high risk (Updated September 2017)
- NHS Long Term Plan: Key diabetes messages
Further education and support
- NHS Live Well page (for advice, tips and tools to help make the best health and well-being choices)
- NICE: Managing risk of type 2 diabetes: pathway
- Self Care Forum information on healthy lifestyles