Diabetes - agencies
You can find here details of key agencies and networks across the UK which provide information about diabetes. The agencies are arranged by country.
See also National standards and guidelines.
UK wide
Association of British Clinical Diabetologists
The national organisation of Consultant Physicians in Britain who specialise in Diabetes Mellitus. Most are also Acute General Physicians, and many are also Specialists in Endocrinology and Lipid Metabolism.
Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC)
ACDC includes all hospital paediatricians who look after children and young people with diabetes. Its aims are to: improve services for children with diabetes; share good practice in terms of service organisation and clinic guidelines; and support consultants and other clinicians looking after children with diabetes. ACDC works with BSPED and other recognised organisations promoting care for children with diabetes and to promote involvement in research.
British Association of Retinal Screeners
Open to diabetologists, ophthalmologists, optometrists, nurses, technicians, screening administrators and commissioners who are engaged in diabetic retinal screening. The site provides an ongoing education resource about screening and diabetic retinopathy.
British Society of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (BSPED)
The BSPED aims to advance education in paediatric endocrinology and related subjects by promoting research in such areas and disseminating the useful results of such research.
Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed (DESMOND)
DESMOND supports other health organisations to deliver first class patient education to people with Type 2 diabetes, or who are at risk of diabetes. It works together to improve opportunities for learning and support for people with diabetes and the health care professionals involved with them.
Diabetes Bible
This website provides detailed information about diabetes, and is primarily aimed at health professionals. It is also used by patients who want to understand more about the management of their condition.
Diabetes Genes
This website provides information for patients and professionals on research and clinical care in genetic types of diabetes.
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation
This organisation has two distinct aims: to finance vital research into diabetes and to support people with diabetes through the Diabetes Wellness Network.
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is the largest organisation in the UK working for people with diabetes, funding research, campaigning and helping people live with the condition. The charity helps people manage their diabetes effectively by providing information, advice and support. there is also a section on young people with Diabetes: see My Life.
Foot in Diabetes UK
Foot in Diabetes UK (FDUK) aims to unite, support and develop multidisciplinary teams to drive forward best practice and care in the management of the diabetic foot. FDUK is a national, independent, multi-professional, group of people who are involved in the care, management and research of people with diabetic foot disease.
Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust
A charity based in the UK listening to people with diabetes and their carers and supporting their needs. The Trust is run entirely by voluntary donations and we do not accept funding from the pharmaceutical industry in order to remain uninfluenced and independent.
Pituitary Foundation: diabetes insipidus
This website provides information and support to people with pituitary disorders, of which diabetes insipidus is one.
Primary Care Diabetes Society
The Primary Care Diabetes Society supports primary care professionals in the delivery of high quality clinically effective care, in order to improve the lives of people living with diabetes.
Young Diabetologists
This venture aims to promote and support young diabetologists in training.
England
Leicestershirediabetes.org.uk
The Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust have created this website to provide support for patients with diabetes and healthcare professionals in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and across the internet.
NHS Diabetes
Through integrated work programmes NHS Diabetes provides national leadership and direction and support local voices working to champion good quality diabetes care. The core part of their work involves supporting the implementation of the NHS Outcomes Framework and the NICE Quality Standards for diabetes.
NHS Diabetes Forum
This online discussion forum is for healthcare professionals, to ask for advice, share information and to join in discussions. Registration is required.
Northern Ireland
Belfast Diabetes Network
This group aims to improve the quality of life of patients with diabetes and reduce complications of the condition.
Diabetes UK – Northern Ireland
Diabetes UK Northern Ireland helps people in Northern Ireland with diabetes through campaigning, research and care.
Young Diabetologists
Young Diabetologists' Forum is the trainee and young consultants wing of Diabetes UK and serves three core functions - education, communication and representation. Their mission is to enable high quality care for people with diabetes by delivering excellence in diabetes specialist education and providing an effective voice for young diabetologists.
Scotland
Diabetes Clinical Dataset
Diabetes pages in the ISD Scotland Health and Social Care Data Dictionary, including the Diabetes Core Data Standards.
Diabetes Foot Screening
The Foot Risk Awareness and Management Education (FRAME) project was commissioned by the Scottish Government to produce an e-learning resource which would help standardise diabetes foot screenings performed by Health Care Professionals. The website aims to provide an interactive way of learning and uses animations and case scenarios. There is an assessment involving case scenarios at the end of this module which the learner may opt to undertake and which, if passed, gives a certificate of completion.
Diabetes in Scotland
This website is provided by NHS Scotland to provide diabetes health information, news, publications, and conferences for people with diabetes.
Diabetes in Scotland: Scottish Diabetes MCN links
Diabetes UK – Scotland
Diabetes UK Scotland helps people in Scotland with diabetes through campaigning, research and care.
NHS Scotland: My Diabetes My Way patient website
NHS Scotland interactive diabetes website to help support people who have diabetes and their family and friends. The website includes leaflets, videos, educational tools and games covering everything about diabetes.
Scottish Public health Observatory – diabetes
Public Health Information for Scotland on diabetes.
Scottish Study Group for the Care of Diabetes in the Young
Website with emphasis on the care of children with Type 1 Diabetes. The page also acts as a portal to the sites of several Scottish centres which care for children with diabetes.
Wales
Diabetes UK – Wales
Diabetes UK Wales helps people in Wales with diabetes through campaigning, research and care.
Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service for Wales (DRSSW)
The Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service for Wales (DRSSW) is an all Wales service designed to detect sight threatening diabetic retinopathy at an early stage before visual loss occurs, ensuring early treatment and preventing loss of vision in 70-90% of people with sight threatening diabetic retinopathy. The Service was commissioned by the Welsh Assembly Government in July 2002 as part of a risk reduction programme and an important element of delivering the Diabetes National Service Framework (NSF).
Eye Care Wales: Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy
This websites provides information on diabetic retinopathy screening in Wales.
Health in Wales: diabetes
This websites provides background and policy information on diabetes in Wales.
National Assembly for Wales: Cross Party Group – Diabetes
The Cross-party Group on Diabetes aims to highlight the causes, prevention and treatment of diabetes and the support available for people living with the condition, including highlighting new research and expertise on diabetes and related subjects.
Welsh Endocrine and Diabetes Society (WEDS)
The Welsh Endocrinology and Diabetes Society (WEDS) was established as an educational forum for specialist physicians delivering Diabetes and Endocrinology services for the people of Wales. It has evolved and developed considerably and now runs biannual conferences for consultants, higher specialty trainees and the multidisciplinary professions allied to diabetes and endocrinology including Biochemists, Specialist Nurses, Podiatrists and Research Scientists.
International
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
This is a professional community of physicians specialising in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism committed to enhancing the ability of its members to provide the highest quality of patient care.
American Association of Diabetes Educators
AADE is an association of healthcare professionals dedicated to integrating successful self-management as a key outcome in the care of people with diabetes and related conditions.
American Diabetes Association
National Diabetes website of America.
American National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Diabetes Public Health Resource. Information for the public and professionals about diabetes, including research, statistics, and educational publications.
Diabetes Monitor
An American resource for patients to educate themselves about their role as active participants in care of their condition.
Diabetes Research Institute
An international centre committed to improving the lives of children with the condition.
European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
This association aims to encourage and support research in the field of diabetes, the rapid diffusion of acquired knowledge and to facilitate its application.
European Association for the Study of Diabetic Eye Complications (EASDEC)
This is a group of healthcare professionals caring for patients with diabetic eye disease. This includes ophthalmologists, diabetologists, specialist nurses, photographers and others.
Insulindependence
This organisation aims to inspire people with diabetes to set personal fitness goals and educate them on adaptive management strategies through hands-on experience.
International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
This society specialises in the research and study of diabetes in children and teenagers from a medical point of view.
International Diabetes Federation
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) is a worldwide alliance of over 200 diabetes associations in more than 160 countries, who have come together to enhance the lives of people with diabetes everywhere.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
JDRF is a charitable organisation with a primary objective of finding the cure for type 1 diabetes and its complications.
World Diabetes Foundation
Dedicated to supporting prevention and treatment of diabetes in developing countries.
World Health Organization: Diabetes
This webpage provides a wide range of information on diabetes, including some high level epidemiological information.
Networks / newsletters
Diabetes Education Network
The Diabetes Education Network is a national network of diabetes health professionals from all parts of the UK who are committed to developing and delivering structured education programmes for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes in children in Wales – the Brecon Group
The Brecon Group aims to advance the care and support to children with diabetes in Wales. The specific aims were to form a national view on standards of care, to advise health service commissioners of care and to act as a forum for audit. The purpose of this review is to examine the progress that has been made in pursuing those goals.
Diabetes Research Network
The NIHR Diabetes Research Network is part of the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network. The primary goal of the NIHR Diabetes Research Network (DRN) is to achieve benefits for people with diabetes, or at risk of developing diabetes, through excellence in clinical research.
Diabetes Research Network Wales
This network aims to promote existing strengths and potential in diabetes research and diabetes care in Wales.
Diabetes UK – Primary Care Network
The Primary Care Network provides support for the management of diabetes in primary care. It is designed for the healthcare professional working in primary care, providing medical information and patient materials to help in the diagnosis, treatment and self-management of people with diabetes.
Glycosmedia
Glycosmedia is dedicated to bringing a free, non-promotional, editorially independent e-mail newsletter to a global audience about developments and news in diabetes, and is primarily aimed at healthcare professionals.
Healthtalkonline: Forum - type 2 diabetes
The Health Experience Research Group has created a database of personal and patient experiences through in-depth qualitative research into over 50 different illnesses and health conditions. This setion looks at Type 2 diabetes.
NHS Diabetes networks
The NHS Diabetes networks bring people together to share ideas and good practice and drive forward service improvements. There are networks for: paediatrics; older people; inpatients; foot care; pregnancy; commissioning and insulin pumps.
NHS Tayside Diabetes MCN
The MCN is a coordinated network of professionals involved in providing diabetes care across the region. Within this network patients and professionals work together to continually develop and improve this care. This website provides local information about diabetes and diabetes care for both healthcare professionals and patients.
RCN Diabetes Nursing Forum community
RCN forums are groups of RCN members working in a similar nursing specialty or with like interests. This forum contains diabetes related news, features, and an area on the discussion zone.
Scottish Diabetes Research Network (SDRN)
The SDRN was commissioned in 2006 by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Executive to improve the quality and increase the quantity of diabetes research in Scotland, as part of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC).
Scottish Public Health Network (SCOTPHN)
ScotPHN is open to everyone in Scotland who has a professional interest and significant involvement in the wider health improvement agenda including staff from the NHS, local authorities, academia and others.
South Sefton Diabetes
Local diabetes group website containing general information about all aspects of diabetes, dealing with diabetes, learning how to control diabetes, and more.