‘Let’s Prevent Diabetes’ is a 6-hour course that is designed to help you make practical lifestyle changes that will allow you to reduce your risk of going on to develop Type 2 Diabetes.
The course is an interactive group discussion. Our trained educators will help the discussion flow and focus the conversation on all the varying influencing factors that will cause someone to be more at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes. You are encouraged to bring any questions you have about preventing Type 2 diabetes and anything you wish to know about being at risk of, or being diagnosed as having Prediabetes along with you and these will be covered as part of the course.
There are up to 10 people invited along to each session and all have been told that they are at increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
You have the choice of attending the discussion groups at different times of the day, and we shall find one that suits you best.
We offer one-day sessions (remember to bring your lunch!) and we will go through all the content in one day, which may be convenient if it’s difficult to attend multiple appointments. These one-day sessions are held face to face only at a variety of locations across Lothian.
Or it could be that you’d prefer to split the content into smaller bite sized chunks and spread the same content over 3 shorter appointments. These sessions are either online or face to face.
Some of the reasons we deliver this education in this format are:
- By attending the sessions with others, you can share ideas that allow you to manage the changes you’ve made to reduce your risk of type 2 Diabetes and finding out more about pre-diabetes from our educators.
- If you’ve not made any changes yet but are planning to do so it’s a great way of getting hints and tips to help to develop your own plan to reduce the risks involved for you, as the risks can be different for each person attending.
- It gives you an opportunity to meet, share experiences with and chat to others who are in a similar position to you.
- The feedback we get on the sessions are that they are a good way to learn and here are some of the comments we have been given when patients have been asked for feedback:
It can be nerve-racking attending a course on you own so If you would like to bring a carer or friend to support you attend the sessions, this can be arranged, and they are can be invited along to join in the session too.
If you have any other additional support needs, please let us know and the number of people who are coming to the group when making your appointment and we will be happy to help.
Groups are available within the locations:
Please click on the Group name for more detailed site information.
East Lothian:
Midlothian
- Bonnyrigg Health Centre
West Lothian
- Xcite Bathgate
- Xcite Craigswood
City of Edinburgh
- Sighthill Health Centre
- Royston & Wardieburn Community Centre
- Gracemount Medical Centre
If you have not been referred into the ‘Lets Prevent Diabetes Program’, and you feel like it’s something you’d like to take part in, please complete the self-referral form found by here : LPD Self Referral
Life can be busy, and it could be that you would like some support but are not keen or able to attend the group sessions, if this is the case we can offer you the option of using the web-based platform MyDESMOND. – https://www.mydesmond.com/home/
Please click here to find out more about MyDESMOND
Once you have completed the initial Let’s Prevent Diabetes Program we will invite you to log on and use the MyDESMOND Let’s Prevent Platform before inviting you back to complete the ‘Let’s Prevent Diabetes, Refresher Session’.
These are available to all those patients who have completed the ‘Let’s Prevent Diabetes Program’ at least 12 months after your initial group program was completed.
The Refresher course:
- Recaps the important key information around the risks linked with being diagnosed with or at risk of developing prediabetes.
- Allow time for you to reflect on your journey since coming to the initial programme over a year ago, looking at what has gone well for you, and what has not.
- Help you to create a new plan to overcome the barriers that have not been able to overcome in the previous 12 months through discussing potential solutions to do so.
Again we deliver these in a group setting so you can learn from each other’s experiences, and this session can throw up new questions that may not have been answered at this stage on your journey.
Here are some tips for getting the most out of your LPD group experience…
Get in touch
You can self-refer to our service by completing our self referral form.
Email: loth.lpd@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Phone: 0131 537 9169
Woodlands House
Astley Ainslie Hospital
74 Canaan Lane
Edinburgh
EH9 2TB
