My Type 1 Diabetes: free online service to support adults living with Type 1 diabetes

Advice and Information - 24 September 2021

My Type 1 Diabetes is a free online service launched by NHS England to support adults living with Type 1 diabetes
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The website contains six eLearning courses for adults with Type 1 diabetes, to help increase understanding and confidence in self-management. These courses cover a range of topics useful for people who are newly diagnosed, or for those needing additional support with insulin management, lifestyle change and complications management. They also include topics like driving, employment, alcohol, sex and travel. There is a specific course for carbohydrate counting, a course for older teenagers and young adults, and courses for people either thinking about or starting insulin pump therapy.

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