External Organisations and Services
There are a number of UK accredited organisations listed below who supply good validated information, courses and other services for people with diabetes.
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is the leading charity for people living with diabetes in the UK. You will find information and support for all types of diabetes and resources to help you manage it including online courses, recipes and latest medical updates.
NHS
The National Health Service website has a lot of information on all types of diabetes, resources to help people living with diabetes and links to local and national services to help with diabetes management.
BERTIE
BERTIE is a type 1 diabetes education programme. There is a lot of useful information to help you to understand and manage your diabetes in a way that suits you and your lifestyle.
DAFNE
DAFNE is a way of managing type 1 diabetes and provides people with the skills necessary to estimate the carbohydrate in each meal and to inject the right dose of insulin.
JDRF
JDRF is the type 1 diabetes charity and a funder of world-class medical research to cure, prevent and treat type 1 diabetes. JDRF works with government, academia and industry to accelerate research in the UK and within healthcare policy to ensure that the outcomes of research are delivered to people with type 1 in the UK.
Carbs & Cals
Bestselling books & app for diabetes & weight loss, counting carbs, calories and other nutrients. Each product shows thousands of photos of food portions, with the nutritional info shown for each photo to make carb & calorie counting easy to understand and accessible to everyone.
Living Life to the Full
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