The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) Inpatient Diabetes Training team, in partnership with the Leicester Diabetes Centre’s EDEN team, has launched an enhanced version of the ITS Insulin Safety for Hospital Staff e-learning module (ITS2.0). This free resource helps NHS Trusts improve insulin safety and diabetes care for hospitalised adults.

Laura Willcocks, Assistant Director for Integration, Education, and Innovation, and Alison Northern, LDC Implementation Lead, who develop and deliver staff training programmes, explain why staff development at LDC is so important.

A new online, free course on managing early onset type 2 diabetes has been developed for healthcare professionals working with people aged 18 – 39 years living with type 2 diabetes

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) colleagues working on the 'My Diabetes and Me' (MDAM) study have won a Special Recognition Award at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust's Inclusion Awards 2024 for their work developing and researching the effectiveness of the DESMOND-ID programme. 

For World Diabetes Day 2024, the EDEN education team at Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) has collaborated with Dawn Adams, who lives with type 1 diabetes and a #MenopauseMither, to develop an educational infographic to support healthcare professionals (HCPs).

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) has been accredited as an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Centre of Excellence for Diabetes Care for the eighth year running.

Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) is proud to host the prestigious European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Scientist Training Course from 27 to 30 October 2024.

As part of our celebration of Allied Health Professions (AHP) Day 2024, we are shining a spotlight on the physiotherapists at Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC) who have taken their clinical backgrounds and transformed them into diverse and impactful roles.

Clinical Research Physician, Harriet Morgan has successfully completed the National Institute for Health and Care Research’s (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator (PI) Scheme.

The EDEN team, who develop and deliver award-winning education programmes, has launched the ‘Transforming Conversations’ initiative, which has been designed to reshape how healthcare professionals (HCPs) approach obesity within type 2 diabetes care.

Chantaye recently graduated from the University of Leicester’s Diabetes MSc by distance learning course, created with diabetes experts based at Leicester Diabetes Centre (LDC). She explains why she applied for the MSc and the benefits she has seen in her role.

The Leicester Diabetes Centre’s (LDC) EDEN education team, which develops and delivers award-winning education programmes to healthcare professionals, has received glowing feedback from the European Academy of Continuing Medical Education (EACME).

Paula Johnston, a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, and graduate of the University of Leicester’s Diabetes MSc by Distance Learning course, has been presented with the prestigious British Journal of Nursing’s Diabetes Nurse of the Year Award. 

The Leicester Diabetes Centre in conjunction with Leicester Real World Evidence Unit is pleased to offer an introductory online course on health-related statistics. 

This video will show you how to get started with your Freestyle Libre.

This video will support you to become more confident with using an insulin pen in a safe and correct way.

This video will help give you an understanding of how to use the monitor and test your blood glucose levels.

Our diabetes telephone helpline service for patients living in Leicester is available to offer on-going support in the management of diabetes.

Professor Melanie Davies talk about the important continuing research at LDC during the COVID-19 pandemic