Patients with Diabetes
Managing Long Term Conditions – Your Annual Review
Summary
Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood glucose (sugar) level to become too high.
There are two main types of diabetes – type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is far more common than type 1. In the UK, around 90% of all adults with diabetes have type 2. There are 4.7 million people living with diabetes in the UK. That’s more than one in 15 people in the UK who has diabetes (diagnosed or undiagnosed). This figure has nearly trebled since 1996, when there were 1.4 million. By 2025, it is estimated that 5 million people will have diabetes in the UK.
The Invitation
There have been some positive changes to how we are planning to help you manage your long-term condition(s). We call this Care and Support Planning and we want to help you be more involved in the decisions that affect you.
You are invited to attend, for a review, in the month of your birth every year. You are invited to call the practice in the preceding month of your birth, in order to arrange a 30 minute Review appointment in the month of your birth. Generally this will be with the Practice Nurse, but you will be informed by our Clinical Administrators if it is to be with the GP.
Contact the practice after 11:00 in the preceding month of your birth in order to make your appointments. Tell the Clinical Administrator that you have been sent Letter H3 or H5 – they have instructions for whom you are to see as well as the precise timings of your appointments.
Blood tests
Click or scan the QR code to visit our web page where blood tests are explained in short videos:
H3 Letter – Patients with Diabetes but no Respiratory Condition
H5 Letter – Patients with Diabetes and a Respiratory Condition
If you have a Respiratory Condition
If you have a respiratory condition then please follow the links for:
Results
Once your results are in the clinicians will decide upon whether you need to schedule a review appointment. You can request a copy of your results by using our Subject Access Request form.
Additional links
What Is Diabetes? | 2 Minute Guide | Diabetes UK
