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<p>Since April 2017 NHS England has made £26.4 million funding available to enable
clinical commissioning Groups (CCGs) to offer an expanded number of structured education
places to support people with diabetes to manage their condition.</p><p>In April 2019
NHS England and NHS Improvement wrote to all CCGs to make them aware that these funds
could be used to commission digital approaches. They also provided information about
digital programmes which have been assessed by NHS Digital and published on the NHS
Apps Library and which have undergone independent quality assurance. A significant
number of the programmes on the NHS Apps Library involve coaching for people living
with type 2 diabetes.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently working
to widen access to digital self-management support for patients with type 1 and type
2 diabetes through the following:</p><p>- Redeveloping and supporting implementation
of ‘Healthy Living for People with type 2 Diabetes’ which is an online, self-management
support tool comprising of a digitally delivered education course, that has been shown
in a randomised controlled trial to significantly reduce average blood glucose levels
and to reduce diabetes-related distress in those more recently diagnosed;</p><p>-
Investing £2 million through the NHS Test Bed Programme to implement and evaluate
combinatorial digital delivery models for self-management education for people living
with type 2 diabetes. A number of digital interventions being rolled out in the Test
Beds include a coaching element and where successful NHS England plan to support wider
adoption of these approaches; and</p><p>- Commissioning NHS Digital to develop a new
resource aimed specifically at people with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes to support
them to self-manage. The site includes advice tailored to lifestyle and educational
content which can be accessed online. It was launched in July 2018 on nhs.uk at the
following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/"
target="_blank">https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes/</a></p>
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