Healthy Living Pharmacy: Holding an awareness event/campaign on diabetes
Published on: 27th February 2019 | Updated on: 1st June 2022
This page contains links to resources and information which pharmacy teams may wish to consider using when planning a health promotion event/campaign focussing on diabetes.
This page is ‘work in progress’ and will continue to be updated.
Click on a heading below for more information.
Resources to assist with finding local data
The below tool can be used to gather information to establish the level of patients with diabetes in the local area:
- Public Health England – Diabetes Profile: This profile brings together a wide range of local, regional and national information related to both type 1 and type 2 diabetes and makes it accessible in one place.
Community Pharmacy England resources
- Communicating with patients page on the Community Pharmacy England website
- Healthy Living Pharmacies page on the Community Pharmacy England website
National awareness campaigns
| Campaign | Dates |
| Diabetes Prevention Week | 10-16th May 2021 |
| World Oral Health Day | 7th April 2021 |
| Diabetes Week | 14-20th June 2021 |
National charities & resources
| Charity | Resources available |
| Diabetes UK | |
| Booklets & leaflets | |
| Putting feet first | |
| Diabetes.co.uk | |
| Posters & leaflets | |
| Men’s health | |
| Posters | |
| Public Health England | |
| Leaflets | |
| Posters | |
| Toolkit – includes balloons, stickers, and bunting | |
Key facts & statistics
- Diabetes UK – Facts and figures
- Diabetes.co.uk – Diabetes prevalence
- Public Health England – Health matters: Preventing Type 2 diabetes
Training resources
- BMJ Learning – Motivational interviewing in brief consultations
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Population Wellbeing Portal
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Safe Use of Insulin
- e-Learning for Healthcare – Making Every Contact Count e-learning
- P3 – Public health awareness campaigns with impact (requires log-in)
Campaign/event tips
- Consider linking diabetes prevention campaigns to physical activity or health eating campaigns, as the topics are linked
- Avoid displaying sweet treats such as cakes and biscuits, as they may conflict the main messages of the campaign
Further resources
- e-Learning for Healthcare – All Our Health programme
- Facebook – Making Every Contact Count (MECC) Community
- Health Education England – Making Every Contact Count
- The NHS Website – Diabetes
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For more information on this topic please email comms.team@cpe.org.uk
