A HEALTH trust has introduced new diabetes clinics in Lancashire to empower people with the condition to how best manage it.
Lancashire Care is the local provider of a national programme called DESMOND that supports people living with Type 2 diabetes.
DESMOND, which is an acronym for Diabetes Education and Self-Management for On-going and Newly Diagnosed, is now holding clinic sessions in Coppull, Chorley, Longridge and Poluton Le-Fylde.
There are an estimated 4.5 million people living with diabetes in the UK with around 1.1 million people who have the condition but have not been diagnosed.
Heather Platt, Diabetes Structured Education Coordinator at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust, said:“These new clinics are designed to help members of the public living with Diabetes know how to successfully manage their condition.
"The DESMOND programme ensures that we provide that education and it is important that anyone living with the condition knows there is free and helpful education out there.’’
For more information about DESMOND in Lancashire, people can either ring 01772 777620 or they can email desmond@lancashirecare.nhs.uk.
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