Working With Diabetes

ONLINE WORKSHOP! Supporting and Assessing Emotional Health in Adults with Diabetes

Welcome to everything you need to know about attending our new ONLINE workshop, officially approved by Diabetes UK!

Read our latest blog to learn more about why this workshop is needed

Please find all the information about the workshop below, and / or download PDF version

Overview of Workshop

A 3.5-hour interactive workshop held on the Zoom platform
A maximum of 15 participants per workshop
£50 per participant
Participants can be any diabetes clinical staff who regularly consult with adults with diabetes and / or those who have responsibility for audit, assessment and research in diabetes care. Its aim is to provide evidence-based, practical skills to use in consultations about emotional health.

2023 Dates

Mornings AM (09.30 - 13.00)	Afternoons PM (13.00 - 16.30)

Tuesday January 24th AM	Thursday February 16th PM
Wednesday March 22nd AM	Tuesday April 25th PM
Wednesday May 31 AM	Thursday June 15th PM
Wednesday September 27th AM	Tuesday October 10th PM
Wednesday October 25th AM	Thursday November 16th PM
Tuesday November 28th AM	Wednesday 6^th December PM

Description

This useful, practical workshop addresses one of the most challenging, sometimes overlooked, areas in diabetes care - how to support people with their emotional as well as physical health. Diabetes can have a profound effect on emotions, both in the short and long term, and can lead to difficulties in self-care as well as interactions and engagements with health professionals and others providing care.

Conversely, experiencing difficult emotions and coinciding mental health challenges and diagnoses can make living with diabetes much more burdensome. Health professionals often say they feel ill-equipped to deal with emotional issues in diabetes clinical situations, or to pro-actively assess these

The impacts of Covid-19 have recently had many effects on mental health and diabetes, for example health-related anxiety, isolation and bereavement as well as more limited contacts with health professionals

For all these reasons, our workshop is offered to help you refresh and expand your skills in emotional health support as well as the equally important physical and clinical care you provide

This workshop supports participants to gain more practical knowledge of diabetes and emotions, by describing and exploring the different aspects through presentations and practical and interactive activities. Uniquely, we also present and teach ways to assess and monitor emotional health, both of individual people in day to day clinical encounters, and also in your clinic population. We explore which tools to use and how they can enhance your clinical practice and evidence base

Participants will leave with new knowledge and confidence to manage emotional aspects of diabetes and an action plan to incorporate emotional care equally with physical care. As with all Successful Diabetes workshops, they will have participated in an enjoyable learning experience provided by experts in diabetes, education and facilitation

Workshop Structure

This is a 3.5-hour workshop with the following programme:

Introduction and Welcome

Activity 1

Presentation 1: Emotional Health and Diabetes

Presentation 2: Measuring Emotional Health in Diabetes

Discussion and Questions

Short Break

Skills Practical 1: Providing Emotional Health Support

Skills Practical 2: Administering and Interpreting Questionnaires

Reflection and Action Planning

Signposting Resources and Farewell

Workshop Facilitators

The workshop facilitators are Rosie Walker, Director, Successful Diabetes and Dr Keith Meadows, Health Psychologist and CEO, Health Outcomes Insights Ltd. Both are highly qualified, experienced and committed to, the delivery of emotional care and assessing emotional health. The workshop is based on, and will feature, first-hand testimony and experiences of people living with diabetes. The workshop will also showcase and refer to the Diabetes UK's online resource, 'Diabetes and emotional health: a practical guide for healthcare professionals supporting people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes'.

Workshop Cost

This workshop costs £50.00 per participant

This workshop automatically includes downloadable resources and a certificate of attendance, also available by email on request

To book your place, please download, complete and email the registration and payment form

Or, for expressions of interest:

Contact Rosie Walker on 07885 499943 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., with any questions or to discuss further

We're proud to say this workshop is approved by Diabetes UK

Supporting and Assessing Emotional Health in Adults with Diabetes - A One-Day Workshop

Welcome to everything you need to know about commissioning our brand new workshop, officially approved by Diabetes UK!

Each participant will also automatically receive supporting resources and Successful Diabetes' certificate of attendance, either in hard copy or electronically - or both if you wish!

Please find all the information about the workshop below,

Download as a PDF

This useful, practical workshop addresses one of the most challenging, possibly overlooked, areas in diabetes care - how to support people with their emotional as well as physical health. Diabetes can have a profound effect on emotions, both in the short and long term, and can lead to difficulties in self-care as well as interactions and engagements with health professionals and others providing care. Conversely, experiencing difficult emotions and coinciding mental health challenges and diagnoses can make living with diabetes much more burdensome. Health professionals often say they feel ill-equipped to deal with emotional issues in diabetes clinical situations, or to pro-actively assess these

This workshop supports participants to gain more practical knowledge of diabetes and emotions, by describing and exploring the different aspects through our always-appreciated practical and interactive activities. Uniquely, we also present and teach ways to assess and monitor emotional health, most importantly to the advantage of individual people in day to day clinical encounters, and also in your clinic population. We explore which tools to use and how they can enhance your clinical practice and evidence base

Workshop Structure

This is a one-day workshop, running from 9.30am to 4.30pm. Participants can include any diabetes team members who regularly consult with adults with diabetes and those who have responsibility for audit, assessment and research. Its aim is to provide evidence-based, practical skills to use in consultations about emotional health.

The workshop facilitators are Rosie Walker, Director, Successful Diabetes and Dr Keith Meadows, Health Psychologist and CEO, Health Outcomes Insights Ltd. Both are highly experienced in, and committed to, the delivery of emotional care and assessing emotional health. The workshop is based on, and will feature, first-hand testimony and experiences of people living with diabetes. The workshop will also showcase and refer to the Diabetes UK's online resource, 'Diabetes and emotional health: a practical guide for healthcare professionals supporting people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes'.

Workshop Costs (for up to 25 participants in the UK)

This workshop costs £2500, including all facilitator costs and travel and excluding venue and equipment, refreshments and participant attendance and expenses.

This workshop automatically includes take-home resources and a certificate of attendance

Download workshop information as PDF

See our workshop terms and conditions

For more information and to book your workshop contact us at

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Telephone

Rosie Walker on 07885 499943

Encouraging Attendance at Type 2 Diabetes Education

Welcome to everything you need to know about commissioning this topical and important workshop!

Each participant will also automatically receive SD's certificate of attendance, either in hard copy or electronically - or both if you wish!

Please find all the information about the workshop below,

Download as a PDF

This unique workshop addresses one of the most pressing needs in diabetes care - how to encourage and support people who are referred to Type 2 diabetes education programmes, to attend them. National figures suggest that currently only approximately 10% of those referred attend, and the literature concerning the reasons why is growing. This workshop will help you to close the referral-attendance gap!

The workshop is for any members of staff who are in contact with people at the time of their diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes and subsequent referral to their local education programme. This means most particularly GPs and Practice Nurses, but could also include clinical and administrative support staff and specialists, including Dietitians and Podiatrists. There is important learning for everyone in this workshop!

The workshop is supported by materials, references and resources and is fully interactive and learner-centred. This means, for example, that participants are encouraged to explore their own styles of referrals and generate and practice personal ways of translating messages from the literature around barriers to attendance into their own consulting style and timings.

‘Encouraging Attendance’ has already been shown to improve attendance to over 50% in areas which have commissioned it as part of their efforts to focus on Type 2 diabetes education. It was originally developed as a 3-hour session, but can be offered in timings to suit your needs from 2 hours upwards. The workshop has also been translated in one area, into an interactive Webinar so that staff can access it at a convenient time and place. Whatever the timings or the means of learning you choose to commission, it is enjoyable, engaging, and above all, effective in enabling more people to reap the benefits of local education programmes

Workshop Structure

In usual Successful Diabetes style, this is an interactive, learner-centred workshop which can incorporate locally-desired outcomes. We will work with you to create the design, timings and outcomes you wish for and deliver it promptly and effectively

Workshop Costs (for up to 30 Participants in the UK)

The workshop cost includes all facilitator costs and travel and excludes venue and equipment, refreshments and participant attendance and expenses

Workshop for up to 4 hours costs £1000

For 2 workshops per day (eg a morning and afternoon session, or an afternoon and evening session) the cost is £1200

Workshops of longer duration, or incorporating other means of learning or outcomes, will be costed on request

The workshop is subject to our usual terms and conditions, which you can find here

We will be delighted to take your booking, tell you more or discuss your particular needs and how these can be met. Simply call or email using the details below:

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Telephone: 07885 499943

Download workshop information as PDF

See our workshop terms and conditions

Workshops Special Offer 2023!

Our wonderful, unique offer to help you update, refresh or create diabetes-related skills for your team or staff. Here are all the details!

Download a PDF of all the details

4, one-day skills workshops for £4000*

(That's just £50 per person!)

This offer gives you:

Four, one-day workshops, each for up to 20 participants, delivered in your locality
Choice from a range of workshops (see below). Have four of the same or mix 'n' match - whatever meets your needs
The chance to specify any particular outcomes for your locality and invite relevant staff
Practical, enjoyable workshops, which foster teamwork and collaboration, as well as learning
One-stop commissioning from a renowned, independent provider

* usual cost: a minimum of £4,800

Ts and Cs:

Workshops can be held at any time during 2023
Offer includes all facilitator communication, planning, preparation and delivery of workshops, facilitator expenses and workshop materials
Offer excludes participant invitation, expenses and refreshments, venue and related equipment hire or provision
Payment for all workshops to be made together in advance on invoice from SD
At least 2 workshops to be held on consecutive days

Choose from the following workshops:

Non-Hunger Eating: Practical Psychological Skills
Encouraging Attendance at Type 2 Diabetes Structured Education
Introduction to Personalised Care Planning
Diabetes for Care Home and Home Care Staff
Advanced Consultation Skills for Motivation in Self-Management
Group Education Facilitation Skills
Supporting Young Adults with Diabetes

Details of all the workshops can be found here

Like this idea?

Simply get in touch to discuss your particular needs and book your workshops. It's as simple as that.

Call Rosie Walker on 07885 499943 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We can't wait to hear from you!

Download a PDF of all the details

Diabetes for Care Home and Home Care Staff - A One-Day Workshop

Welcome to everything you need to know about commissioning this important and topical workshop!

Each participant will also automatically receive SD's certificate of attendance, either in hard copy or electronically - or both if you wish!.

Please find all the information about the workshop below,

Download as a PDF

This useful, practical workshop addresses one of the most unmet needs in diabetes care - how to provide excellent diabetes care in Care Home and Home Care settings. There are often multiple staff of all grades and backgrounds and residents and clients with more than one condition and/or experiencing multiple care needs. Diabetes can impact on other conditions, as well as needing regular attention itself, so it is particularly important for staff to be aware and attentive to diabetes care needs, in order to keep residents and clients in optimum health and wellbeing

This workshop supports participants to gain more practical knowledge of diabetes itself, eating and drinking, medication, monitoring, foot checks and the need for care plans. Most importantly, the workshop helps them learn from and with each other and to devise a workable action plan for future developments.

Participants will leave with new knowledge and confidence to manage diabetes and diabetes related situations with residents and clients, and resources to put in place systems and processes to support this in their place of work. They will have participated in an enjoyable learning experience provided by experts in diabetes, education and facilitation

Comments from recent workshop participants

"The quality of this training was superb. I look forward to taking my new found knowledge back to the care home. A very enjoyable day, thank you!
Overall very helpful and detailed course
Excellent; very good awareness
The event was very nice and a learning experience
Thank you it was really interesting
Very effective
Would like to encourage every care worker to attend this course
Interesting and informative. Thank you!
Was very useful!
Very informative – interesting. I have learned more about this condition today and I will feedback to the team. Trainers very engaging as were the activities. Good to share practice and issues with other attendees"

Workshop Structure

This is a one-day workshop, running from 9.30am to 4.00pm. Participants do not need any particular preparation and can be of all grades and experience

Workshop Costs (for up to 30 participants in the UK)

This workshop costs £1600, including all facilitator costs and travel and excluding venue and equipment, refreshments and participant attendance and expenses.

This workshop automatically includes take-home resources and a certificate of attendance

Please note: this workshop can be provided for an individual Care Home or Care Agency; we will be delighted to make a cost proposal tailored to your needs

Download workshop information as PDF

See our workshop terms and conditions

For more information and to book your workshop contact us at

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Telephone

07885 499943

'NICE Working': Implementing Updated NICE Guidelines: A Practical Workshop

Welcome to everything you need to know about our topical workshop!

Workshops include SD books!

We're delighted to say that relevant workshops include as standard a complimentary copy of the supporting SD book for each participant or participating team. This means extra resources to help with putting learning into practice and key references always close to hand!

Each participant will also automatically receive SD's fresh new certificate of attendance, either in hard copy or electronically - or both if you wish!. Please see the individual workshop details below or consult the SD Workshop Booklist!

Please find all the information about the workshop below,

Download as a PDF

‘NICE Working’

Implementing Updated NICE Guidelines: A Practical Workshop for Diabetes Teams, Primary Care Practices, CCGs and others

This topical, workshop was created in 2015, in response to the release of updated NICE guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes in Adults, Children and Young People with Diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2), Type 2 Diabetes in Adults and with the new emphasis on the prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

The one-day event arms participants with the knowledge and skills to implement the guidance relevant to their area of work. The programme runs from 9.45am to 4.15pm and includes:

Review presentation of relevant updated or prevention guidance;

Reflection on current practice and identifying opportunities and challenges for implementation;

Skills practicals with useful feedback, to enhance practice in identified areas;

Implementation Goals and Creative Problem solving;

Planning for success

The workshop presentation style, focusing on interactive activities, discussion, reflection and action gives multidisciplinary teams the invaluable and rare opportunity to spend dedicated time together effectively and efficiently, to plan and update their service provision

The whole day is fully interactive and collaborative and mirrors evidence based practice in making changes

In addition, participants will have an exciting and enjoyable learning experience with expert facilitation to achieve their personal and professional aims, with a take-home certificate to prove it!

The workshop is fully supported by a dedicated website containing workshop materials and additional complementary resources

Workshop Costs (for up to 24 Participants in the UK)

This workshop costs £1100, including all workshop materials plus facilitator costs and travel. The cost excludes venue and equipment, refreshments and participant attendance and expenses. It is subject to our usual terms and conditions, which you can find here

Complimentary Books Included!

This workshop automatically includes a complimentary book as detailed below

‘NICE Working’ Workshops Booklist

Participants may choose one book from the following collection for per individual or team attending. Books will be brought to you on the day of your workshop. Please visit www.successfuldiabetes.com to find out more about each one:

Implementing Personalised Care Planning in Long Term Conditions: A Successful Diabetes Handbook;

Group Education and Facilitation Skills in Healthcare Settings: A Successful Diabetes Handbook;

The Type 2 Diabetes Handbook: A Successful Diabetes Handbook

Success with Your Insulin Pump: A Successful Diabetes Handbook;

Type 2 Diabetes: Your Questions Answered. Published by Dorling Kindersley(Please note availability of this title may be limited)

‘NICE Working’ Presentation

We can also deliver a 1-2 hour interactive presentation at your study day, team away day or conference, which will update all participants on the key changes to the relevant NICE guidance and give you all the opportunity to reflect and plan the priorities for implementation

Cost:

The cost of a presentation tailored to your needs and inclusive of facilitator costs and travel in the UK is £450

We will be delighted to take your booking for a ‘NICE Working’ Workshop or Presentation, tell you more or discuss your particular needs and how these can be met. Get in touch with us today!

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Telephone: 07885 499943

See our workshop terms and conditions

Booking Your Workshop

What our Workshops offer you
Your step by step guide to booking your workshop
Workshop Terms, Conditions and Costs
Evaluations from Participants and Organisers
Reflections and Comments

Bespoke Workshops

Don't see exactly what you need on our list of workshops? No problem - we can design a workshop specifically to meet your needs. Perhaps you'd like a day including a blend of topics from our existing list (group facilitation skills in the morning, education skills in the afternoon, maybe?), you want to focus on how to support a particular group of people with diabetes in your locality, or spend your time thinking about Type 2 prevention strategies? Whatever your desired outcomes, we can meet them in an enjoyable, effective way!

It's simple to get in touch & tell us what you need and we'll take it from there. Look forward to hearing from you!

Supporting Young Adults With Diabetes - A One-Day Workshop

Welcome to everything you need to know about this unique and exciting workshop!

Each participant will also automatically receive SD's fresh new certificate of attendance, either in hard copy or electronically - or both if you wish!.

Please find all the information about the workshop below,

Download as a PDF

This unique workshop, launched in 2013, addresses one of the most pressing needs in diabetes care - how to provide services that will engage and support young adults with diabetes in all ways, including medically, educationally and psychologically.

A gap that is especially of concern is that of transition between children’s and adult diabetes services. This is a time when many young people become 'lost' to the system and find it very difficult to re-access services when they need them. This too is addressed in the workshop.

The workshop is for diabetes teams involved in the provision of services and education for young adults. It supports the team/s participating to gain more understanding of what helps and hinders young adults in engaging and participating in their diabetes care, reflect on their current and desired provision, undertake problem-solving for the challenges they face and develop specific skills in communicating with young adults. Most importantly, the workshop helps them to devise a workable action plan for future developments.

The workshop is supported by a dedicated website, containing the pre-course preparation (see below), post workshop reflection, resources and comprehensive references, which can be accessed before, during and after the workshop.

Collaboration with Joe

The workshop features the contribution and insight of a young adult with diabetes. Joe Fraser has lived with diabetes as a child and young adult and gives a practical and sometimes challenging presentation to help the workshop discussions and focus on real-life experiences and needs.

You can find out more about Joe and his work via this link

http://www.joes-diabetes.com/

Comments from Participants on previous courses

'The course allowed us a structured opportunity to talk openly about positive changes to our diabetes service'

'Great to get new approaches to understanding patients' needs and build relationships'

'Has changed my way of approaching teenagers'

‘Thanks for the chance to gather ideas for service change’

‘Enjoyed Joe’s talk’

‘Very enjoyable and motivating; thank you’

‘Warm and friendly facilitation skills’

‘Really interesting; helpful to keep moving around the room, meeting new people’

‘it was most helpful to Reflect on why patients DNA and looking at my role in their reasoning for DNA’

‘Successful; interactive; useful’

Workshop Structure

Participants are first invited to undertake a small amount of reflective preparation set out on the workshop website, before attending the one-day workshop from 9.30am to 4.30pm.

The programme includes reflective activities, presentations including the latest evidence base for supporting young adults, a young adult's own perspective, and scenario based skills practicals. It also includes time for teams to reflect together on their priorities and goals and for creating a practical and workable action plan to achieve their plans.

The whole day is fully interactive and collaborative and mirrors evidence based practice in making changes

Workshop Costs (for up to 24 Participants in the UK)

This workshop costs £2500, including all facilitator costs and travel and excluding venue and equipment, refreshments and participant attendance and expenses. It is subject to our usual terms and conditions, which you can find here

Complimentary Books Included!

This workshop automatically includes a complimentary copy of ‘Providing Structured Diabetes Education for Children and Young People’ or ‘Group Education Facilitation Skills in Healthcare Settings’ for each participant or participating team

We will be delighted to take your booking, tell you more or discuss your particular needs and how these can be met

Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Telephone: 07885 499943

Download workshop information as PDF

See our workshop terms and conditions

Personalised Care Planning For Diabetes And Other Long Term Conditions

Be at the forefront of diabetes care by using a personalised care planning approach to better help people with diabetes and other long term conditions to successfully self-manage! This section tells you about our experience and successes to date, together with resources to help you learn more about personalised care planning, and also outlines the workshops we offer.

Why ask Successful Diabetes?

We are a leading independent provider of training for implementing personalised care planning. We have experience of running numerous workshops nationwide, involving many hundreds of participants, including people with diabetes. Our specialist skills in responding to local needs and our fully learner centred approach means that you can confidently commission a personalised care planning workshop from Successful Diabetes to get the outcomes you wish for.

Want more information about Personalised Care Planning?

Our book 'Implementing Personalised Care Planning in Long Term Conditions' tells you everything you need to know about implementing personalised care planning. It's full of useful information and step-by-step guides and looks at personalised care planning from all perspectives. It's an ideal resource and you can see all the details and how to buy your copy here

Our ebook 'Person Centred Practice: A Concise Guide to Success' also gives a 'how to' approach to implementing person centred approaches in services and in consultations. Its friendly and accessible style mirrors the approach itself, giving evidence and practical implementation tips for anyone wishing to transform the way people experience their services. See all the details and how to buy your copy here

Our 2012 article from the journal Diabetes and Primary Care addresses common concerns and questions raised by health professionals, about personalised care planning (opens PDF document)

Workshops

Complimentary Book Included!

Read on for our range of Personalised Care Planning Workshops...

There are a number of standard personalised care planning workshop options available, which are detailed below. We are particularly pleased to offer two additional options, which will help you develop trainers and mentors to be able to implement care planning in your area. It is recommended that any of the chosen options are part of a larger implementation plan within a locality.

Personalised Care Planning: Putting the Theory into practice

This is a one day workshop with a follow-up half day 1-3 months later. It is designed to help practitioners such as GPs, practice nurses, healthcare assistants and administrative staff work together on understanding care planning and identifying strategies to be able to implement this into their own practice. The workshops can be focused on diabetes, on long term conditions generally, or on a single long term condition according to local need. A single workshop and follow-up can be purchased, or a series of workshops and follow-ups to integrate care planning across a locality.

Cost of Personalised Care Planning: Putting the Theory into practice: £2000

Personalised Care Planning Mentor Development Programme

This new programme consists of the Personalised Care Planning programme with additional training for a number of the participants (who have been identified in advance) to enable them to provide help and support for practices implementing the care planning approach. It also includes support materials in the form of a handbook and reflective practice materials for ongoing development.

Cost:£4,500

Personalised Care Planning Trainer Development Programme

This new programme consists of the Personalised Care Planning programme with additional training for a number of the participants (who have been identified in advance) who will become providers of ongoing Personalised Care Planning training locally.

Cost: £8,000

Personalised Care planning workshops for people with diabetes and long term conditions

This one day workshop is useful to help people with diabetes and long term conditions locally to understand personalised care planning and its implications for them.

Costs: £1200, per our terms and conditions for a one day workshop.

Get in touch if you are interested in receiving further information about any of the above workshops, or if you would like us to design a programme for your specific needs, or to make an enquiry about booking a personalised care planning workshop.