Tweet ‘No decision about me, without me’ was the title of a Government Health Policy released in 2012. The importance of involving patients in the management and control of our health and care is still at the forefront of NHS policy and plans. And yet in practice, it is often so hard to do. I…
Tweet Share Brenda Riley from Sheffield attended a ‘How you can improve diabetes services’ workshop in 2013. Since attending the training she has gone on to start planning her own local campaign and is actively promoting Diabetes Voices to others. Why did you decide to join Diabetes Voices? A friend at the Sheffield monthly meeting…
Tweet Share Hi, I’m Mandy and I am part of Diabetes Voices team at Diabetes UK. I wanted to take this opportunity and use our first blog to let you know what Diabetes Voices is, so here goes… Diabetes Voices is a network of people who campaign and influence for better diabetes care and services…
Tweet Share Lots of excitement these past few weeks. We have published, with JDRF and Sanofi in Diabetic Medicine, a report on the costs of diabetes which shows that they are now 10% of the NHS budget and growing, £9.7 billion which is a lot of billions. The future growth threatens to wreck the NHS…