Eat Real Food Programme
As a practice we promote lifestyle change to manage chronic disease and to lose weight. We believe that health is achieved by tending to our 4 pillars of health – Food, Movement, Sleep and Stress Management.
Lifestyle change is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal to combat disease, restore heath and optimise wellbeing. Personal empowerment to take control of your health is the cornerstone of lifestyle medicine.
Find out more about our Eat Real Food programme, which anyone can take part in.
Website
www.eatrealfood.ukType 2 Diabetes
For more information please read the Eat Real Food leaflet (PDF).
For information on first being diagnosed please read Diabetes and Me.
For information on when you are ill and taking oral medication, please read Sick Day Rules – advice for managing diabetes during illness (PDF).
For information on when you are ill and on Insulin, please read Sick Day Rules (PDF).
For information on the SGLT-2 drugs, please read the below poster:
Getting the most from your Sodium Glucose Co-transporter 2 inhibitors (PDF)
For information on the GLP-1 injectables shortage, please read the below letter:
Letter to patients – GLP-1 shortage (PDF)Diabetic Eye Screening Research
Gloucestershire Retinal Research Group (GRRG) is interested in forming a group of people living with diabetes interested in discussing potential studies.
Email
julie.hapeshi@nhs.net
You can write to
D Julie Hapeshi,
GRRG Office above Oakley Ward,
Cheltenham General
Hospital,
Sandford Road,
Cheltenham,
GL53 7AN
Leaflet
Retinal Research (PDF)Drop-in clinics for diabetic eye screening
No booking is required for eye screening drop-in clinics at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital (First Floor, Orchard Centre).
These take place every weekday from 8:30am to 3pm.
There is a eye screening drop-in clinic at Cheltenham General Hospital (Medical Photography, Centre Block) on the last Wednesday of every month from 8:30am to 12:30pm.
Saturday and evening clinics also available at GRH and CGH
Phone
0300 422 4419Gestational Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes is the development of raised blood sugar readings during pregnancy. If you develop gestational diabetes it can lead to complications during your pregnancy for you and your baby.
50% of woman who have gestational diabetes will develop Type 2 Diabetes later in life without making lifestyle changes. If you have had Gestational Diabetes you should have a blood test 4 months after you have had your baby and then annually. This blood test checks your HbA1c ( average sugar readings in the past three months) which helps to pick up if diabetes is developing.
If you have had Gestational Diabetes before and become pregnant again please contact the GP again as soon as you are aware as you will need to be seen in the joint antenatal and diabetic clinic. The specialists are keen to see you early on in your pregnancy.
If you would like to reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes please look at joining our Eat Real Food programme.
Websites
www.diabetes.co.uk/gestational-diabetes
www.dietdoctor.comDiabetes and Pregnancy
If you have Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes and become pregnant it is important that you contact your GP for a telephone consultation as soon as possible. This is because it is important that we refer you quickly to the joint antenatal and diabetes clinic.
We will also need to ensure that the medication you are on is safe to continue. There are an increased risk of heart and spinal cord abnormalities in babies born to diabetic mothers , we therefore advise that you take 5mg folic acid which is only available on prescription.
Good diabetic control is vital to help to reduce the risk of complications during pregnancy leading to better outcomes for mothers and babies. There is an increased risk of eye problems during pregnancy and kidney complications so the hospital will ensure that you will have closer monitoring of your eyes (retinopathy screening) and kidney screening.
Website
www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-and-pregnancy.htmlDiabetes and Employment
It is important to show that having diabetes does not make a difference to your ability to work. You need to have stable diabetes control and be able to adjust your diabetes treatment around your working day if necessary. Diabetes UK believes that everyone should have an equal opportunity to apply for employment and individuals should be treated on their own merits.
Leaflet
Diabetes and employment (PDF).Type 1 Keto
Following a low carb lifestyle means less insulin is needed and there is a reduced risk of large blood glucose swings. Evidence shows that Type 1 Diabetics who follow a low carb approach, more than 90% of people reach their blood glucose target, experience fewer hypos, fewer hospital admissions with diabetic ketoacidosis and a reduction in insulin doses.
Website
www.type1keto.com.10 simple steps to prevent foot problems
Never ignore a foot problem. For more information please read the below leaflets.
Leaflets
10 simple steps to prevent foot problems (PDF)
10 steps toward healthy feet (PDF)DVLA
Information on what drivers with different types of diabetes need to tell DVLA by law.
Website
Information for drivers with diabetesKeeping Active with Diabetes
Keeping active is an important part of one’s lifestyle, and particularly for those who either have or are at risk of diabetes.
Website
www.diabetes.co.ukFlu Vaccinations and Diabetes
This leaflet is for patients with Type 1 Diabetes or Type 2 Diabetes and explains the importance of having an annual flu vaccine to protect you from getting the flu virus
Leaflet
Diabetes and the Flu VaccineDiabetes UK – Coronavirus
Please view information from Diabetes UK on Coronavirus and Diabetes
Website
www.diabetes.org.ukPre-Diabetes
Have you have recently been given a new diagnosis of Pre-diabetes based on your HBA1c blood test?
Dr Kuok, Dr Hodges and Dr Lake have a special interest in diabetes.
Website
Diabetes advice