Diabetes information
Diabetes is a disease in which your body cannot properly use the food you eat for energy. For more information, please see below:
Information PDF – Diabetes Information (English and Nepali)Sick Day Rules
Information PDF – Sick Day Rules: Type 1 Diabetes
Information PDF – Sick Day Rules: Type 2 DiabetesHow to Use a Glucose Meter
A glucose meter is used to check your blood glucose or blood sugar level. This is needed to help you manage your diabetes.
Information PDF – How to use a Glucose Meter (English and Nepali)Patients Taking SGLT-2 Inhibitors
Information for patients taking
Sodium-Glucose Co-transporter
2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.
Information PDF – SGLT-2 InhibitorsKent and Medway Diabetic Eye Screening Programme
Do you live with diabetes? Are you passionate about helping your community?
The Kent & Medway Diabetic Eye Screening Programme deliver diabetic eye screening for people with diabetes aged 12 and over across Kent and Medway as part of the NHS screening service.
Facebook: @kmdesp
Twitter/X: @kmdesp
Email: enquiries.kmdesp@nhs.net
Tel: 01233 884110
Website: Kent and Medway Diabetic Eye ScreeningKent and Medway Diabetic Eye Screening Patient Portal
Manage your diabetic eye screening online with the Patient Portal. You can:
• Book your next diabetic eye screening appointment. You can also cancel or rebook your existing appointment.
• Manage your diabetic eye screening. You can change change the location of your appointment or how you are contacted.
• View the results of your diabetic eye screening appointments easily online.
• Access and download your screening your screening images from past appointments.
Website: portal.kmdesp.co.ukMaking a decision about managing type 1 diabetes
This leaflet is for people with type 1 diabetes.
It can help you decide between the different technology available to manage diabetes.
There are some parts for you to fill in.
You should go through this leaflet and then talk to your diabetes team.
Website: www.england.nhs.ukHealthy living for people with type 2 diabetes
Everyone living with type 2 diabetes should have the opportunity to learn the skills and knowledge needed to help them live well.
We would like to offer you a place on a free, online NHS programme;
Healthy Living for people with type 2 diabetes
Healthy Living provides knowledge and information so that you can:
feel confident in managing your type 2 diabetes,reduce diabetes-related stress, improve your health and wellbeing, achieve and maintain a healthy weight, feel motivated to continue making healthy lifestyle choices.
Register today.
Website: www.healthyliving.nhs.ukKnow Your Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Finding out your risk of type 2 diabetes only takes a few minutes. It could be the most important thing you do today.
Website
www.riskscore.diabetes.org.uk/startEarly onset type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes causes the level of glucose in the blood to become too high. It’s a long-term condition that can affect your everyday life, as well as create some complications to be managed.
A healthy diet and keeping active will help you manage your blood sugar level.
Website
www.kmhealthandcare.uk/index.cfm?page=early-onset-type-2-diabetes
Form
NHS Kent and Medway ICB my mhealth Self Registration
my mhealth is proud to partner with Kent and Medway ICB to offer free access to the my mhealth app for long-term condition management to all individuals with a suitable diagnosis.
The my mhealth platform provides expert advice, educational resources, and tools to help you manage your long-term condition.
If you have any of the long-term conditions listed below and are registered with a GP practice within Kent and Medway, please complete this short form, and your account will be set up hassle-free.
Diabetes
Diabetes – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
Page published: 30 July 2024
Last updated: 18 December 2025