{"id":1147,"date":"2025-12-09T12:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/?page_id=1147"},"modified":"2025-12-09T16:01:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:01:22","slug":"information-for-patients-and-carers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/information-for-patients-and-carers\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for Patients and Carers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Diabetes MCN has created a webpage for patients newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes to share key information and resources<\/strong>. You can find out more here: <\/strong>Type 2 Diabetes \u2013 Health Information<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Patient Information Leaflets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Information leaflets for people with a new diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes and for diabetes medicines.<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Type 2 Diabetes Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sources of help & information to help you manage your Type 2 Diabetes.<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Help with your Type 2 Diabetes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Diabetes Specialist Nurse Helpline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Please note staff will endeavour to respond to calls on the same day; however, this may not always be possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh \/ East Lothian Community Hospital – 0131 242 1471<\/strong>
Available Mon \u2013 Fri 08:30 -16:30<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Western General Hospital –<\/strong> 0131 536 1746<\/strong>
 Available Mon \u2013 Fri 09:00 -16:00<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
St John’s Hospital –<\/strong> 01506 52856 Option 1<\/strong>
Available Mon \u2013 Fri 09:00 – 16:00<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse Contact Details –<\/strong> 07770 830622 \/ 07813 546883<\/strong> or email  loth.communitydiabetesteam@nhs.scot<\/a>
Available Mon \u2013 Fri 08:00 -18:00<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Further Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can find more helpful information on the Diabetes UK website diabetes.org.uk<\/a> and our local Edinburgh Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes website Edinburgh Diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Diabetes MCN has created a webpage for patients newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes to share key information and resources. You can find out more here: Type 2 Diabetes – Health Information Diabetes Specialist Nurse Helpline Please note staff will endeavour to respond to calls on the same day; however, this may not always<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1147","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"The Diabetes MCN has created a webpage for patients newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes to share key information and resources. You can find out more here: Type 2 Diabetes – Health Information Diabetes Specialist Nurse Helpline Please note staff will endeavour to respond to calls on the same day; however, this may not always","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1708,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1147\/revisions\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/diabetesservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}