Resources

Diabetes UK have a wide range of resources and services to support people living with diabetes and  healthcare professionals: 

• People can predict their risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the next ten years using our online Know Your Risk tool. 
• Our Know Your Risk booklet is available to download in different languages and helps people calculate their risk of developing type 2 diabetes, including advice on where to access support. 
• Our Understanding your risk booklet will help people to understand the different risk factors for type 2 diabetes and includes practical advice and tips on what they can do to reduce your risk. 
• Learning Zone, is an award-winning, interactive tool to help educate and support people with diabetes. Combining evidence-based medical advice with real patient experiences, it delivers a unique learning experience that complements structured diabetes education. Clinically approved and endorsed by experts – you can log in as a healthcare professional to see what your patients will see.   
• Our Online Shop which includes free resources for people living with diabetes and healthcare professionals. 

For further information and support, your patients can get in touch with the Diabetes UK helpline:  

Telephone: 0345 123 2399, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm  

Email: helpline@diabetes.org.uk  

If you're in Scotland:  

Telephone: 0141 212 8710, Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm.   

Email: helpline.scotland@diabetes.org.uk 

Keep reading this page for different resources from Diabetes UK, and other organisations, that are applicable to the different topics covered in the Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Module.

Types of diabetes | Diabetes UK - Learn more about the different types of diabetes by visiting our website

Weight loss planner – A resource to help you support people to lose weight 

Weight loss surgery for type 2 diabetes.  Further information on weight loss surgery

Movement Hub | Sport England – From Sports England, access tools and resources to help people engage with sport and physical activity, including a timeline of daily online classes to suit all levels.  

Movement for Health | We Move Together – Coalition of Scotland’s leading health charities to support people with long term conditions to become more active.

Type 2 diabetes: prevention in people at high risk This NICE guideline covers how to identify adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes. It recommended that GPs and other primary healthcare professionals use the diabetes risk tool for identifying people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes UK Preventing type 2 diabetes An overview of how Diabetes UK is supporting people across the UK to find out their risk and take action to reduce it.

NHS England Language Matters: Language and diabetes - This guide provides practical examples of language that will encourage positive interactions with people living with diabetes and subsequently positive outcomes.

Making Every Contact Count - elearning for healthcare  - an e-learning programme, designed to support you in developing an understanding of public health and the factors that impact on a person’s health and wellbeing. It focuses on the importance of questions and listening effectively and aims to increase your confidence to deliver health and wellbeing messages to help encourage people to change their behaviour.  

Behaviour Change Literacy for Individuals and Workforce Leaders - elearning for healthcare - This elearning programme will explore the role of behaviour change in promoting positive health behaviours and identify the skills and techniques that can be used to create an environment in which behaviour change will flourish.

RSPH | RSPH Learn | Introduction to Behaviour Change - This online course, which is free to Royal Society for Public Health members, will provide you with the information and skills you need to have conversations with people in order to help them make healthier decisions, but the principles can be applied to any conversation about any change. 

England: The Healthier You Programme.

Scotland: A Healthier Future: type 2 diabetes prevention, early detection and intervention.

Wales: All Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme - Public Health Wales. 

Northern Ireland: Diabetes Prevention Programme.

Language Matters: Language and Diabetes – A guide with practical examples of language to support positive interactions with, and outcomes for, people living with diabetes. 

Language Matters: Obesity - a resource to help educate healthcare professionals around having conversations with people living with obesity.

Challenging weight stigma learning hub – From Public Health Scotland, a learning resource to help you understand weight stigma, its impact and how to have good conversations about higher weight and behaviour change.

NHS England » NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard 2023 data analysis report for NHS trusts

Tackling Inequalities Commission Report – A series of recommendations at an individual and an organisational level to acknowledge and address the challenges faced by people experiencing health inequalities.