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28/07/2020 | 5 minutes

We are all patients…..

I have often thought that the term ‘patient’ can be unhelpful in today’s health service because the word patient describes a person who is poorly or unwell and is the passive recipient of medical treatment.

Ruth Miller
Diabetes Nurse Consultant for the North West London Diabetes Transformation programme

27/08/2020 | 3 minutes

Developments in Technology

When I was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes in 1974, I was given a glass reusable insulin syringe, which I kept in a tray of methylated spirits, and a bottle of urine test strips. The biggest life changer for me was when I started self-funding the Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring (FGM) system a couple of years ago. What a distance we have come from that glass syringe and a single type of insulin.

Peter Gilbert
A patient who has had diabetes for 47 years.

28/07/2020 | 5 minutes

Where do I go to get information and education for type 1 diabetes?

When I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 1974, I joined the “British Diabetic Association” (now known as Diabetes UK). I fumbled along for thirty years until 2004 when I decided to take the five-day DAFNE (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) group education course at Central Middlesex Hospital, with seven other people with type 1 diabetes and it changed my life!

Peter Gilbert
A patient who has had diabetes for 47 years.

28/07/2020 | 5 minutes

Inside the NWL Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

An insight into North West London Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (NWL DESP), the largest programme in London and one of the biggest in England.

Katie O'Leary
Senior Team Leader at the North West London Diabetic Eye Screening Program

27/05/2020 | 6 minutes

Empowering front line staff and people living with diabetes

Diabetes first became my big passion when I joined a doctor’s surgery as a practice nurse in the neighbourhood where I was living at the time. It didn’t take me long before I realised that the most important lessons about diabetes came from people living with diabetes and their families rather than from the textbooks I read.

Ruth Miller
Diabetes Nurse Consultant for the North West London Diabetes Transformation programme

20/11/2020 | 8 - 10 minutes

Those bothersome blood sugar spikes after meals…

Why they happen and how to try and reduce them if you live with type 1 diabetes.

Paula Chinchilla
Paediatric Specialist Diabetes Dietitian