We're delighted to provide the recording of our Webinar on 30th September 2020, alongside all the resources you need to put 'Language Matters: Supporting Emotional Health' for diabetes into practice!

View Webinar Recording here

Please take a moment to complete the Webinar evaluation survey here

Download Resources Listing as PDF Booklet: (contains the listing below) here

Q & A from the Webinar (PDF Booklet) - here

Resources Listing:

Primary Resources:

NHS England:‘Language Matters: a position statement’ 

Diabetes UK: ‘Diabetes and Emotional Health: A practical guide to supporting adults with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes’

Successful Diabetes: The Successful Diabetes Language Challenge

International Website (Newly lauched September 2020!): Language Matters Diabetes

Peer Support (UK):

The Great Britain Diabetes Online Community

Use #gbdoc on Twitter to interact with other people living with diabetes

Diabetes UK:  'Community' Pages:

Young Adults and Diabetes: Diabetes UK Pages

A Further Learning Opportunity

A 3 - hour online, interactive workshop ‘Supporting and Assessing Emotional Health in Adults with Diabetes’, presented by Rosie Walker and Keith Meadows is available for registrations here:

Resources recommended by individual speakers:

Cathy Lloyd

Language Matters: A UK Perspective (Review) here (Opens/Downloads PDF)

Cathy is presenting a further Webinar on ‘Language Matters’ on 5^th November 2020. Details here:

Peter Jennings

Time in Range: Blog:

EASD e-learning module about time in range here:

Guidance on Time in Range here:

Keith Meadows:

The Diabetes Health Profile: Details here

Arie Nouwen:

Why Psychosocial Care Matters: Podcast Series

Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes (PSAD) Organisation: Website

Bob Swindell:

Language Matters Publications from other Countries, including Diabetes Australia, American Diabetes Association (ADA), Association of American Diabetes Educators (AADE). These are all listed on this page:

Holt, R.,Speight, J (2017). The language of diabetes: the good, the bad and the ugly. Diabetic Medicine, 34, 1496-1497

here (Opens / Downloads PDF)

Diabetes UK: Learning Zone

Diabetes Etiquette - for people who don't have diabetes! (A PDF) here:

A full description of the Webinar, including speaker biographies, can be found here

Adding to our events to showcase and help put into practice Diabetes UK's 'Supporting Emotional Health'  practical guide, we are very proud to announce a 3.5-hour, limited-place, interactive, virtual workshop entitled 'Supporting and Assessing Emotional Health in Adults with Diabetes'. 

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

It's for any health professional working regularly with adults with diabetes and is a joint presentation from Rosie Walker of Successful Diabetes and Dr Keith Meadows, Health Psychologist of Health Outcomes Insights. Its aim is to give you more 'tools to do the job' to confidently support and/or assess emotional health in your encounters with people with diabetes.

Workshop dates for 2023 are now open for registration!   Each workshop is limited to just 15 participants, and will include interactive, practical activities as well as presentations and discussion. The cost is just £50 per participant. We will be adding more dates according to demand, so do register your interest with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if these dates don't work for you!  

We can also run the workshop for a group of colleagues, a team or staff if you prefer - please use the email address above to discuss this

Find all the details and how to book your place here

OR

Download as a PDF

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

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 

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:

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