Injecting Insulin

A brief guide to insulin injection techniques.

INPUT Diabetes

INPUT Diabetes is an excellent website that has very detailed, high quality information on diabetes technology.

Insulin - Insulin and Mealtimes

The blood glucose level in someone who does not have diabetes keeps remarkably steady despite variable meal sizes and amount of activity. This is achieved by the body always producing the right amount of insulin. Learning how to use your mealtime insulin injections correctly can help you to achieve…

Insulin and Diabetes

Diabetes UK guide to insulin and diabetes.

Insulin Injection Technique Guide

This guide explains how best to inject insulin.

Keeping Safe With Insulin Therapy

Insulin treatment improves the quality of life in many people and saves the lives of others. It is used to lower blood glucose levels. However, insulin management and prescribing errors are very common and can lead to patient harm. This leaflet can help you to get the most out of your insulin treatm…

Ketones and Diabetic Ketoacidosis

This resource tells you how to recognise when you have ketones in your blood and how these can cause diabetic ketoacidosis if left untreated.

Kidney Disease (Nephropathy)

Diabetes UK resource about kidney disease (or diabetic nephropathy). It can happen to anyone, but it's much more common in people with diabetes and people with high blood pressure.

Know Diabetes Personal Record & Care Plan Part 1 Pdf

Part 1 contains useful general information about living with Diabetes.

Know Diabetes Personal Record & Care Plan Part 2 Pdf

Part 2 provides space for you to record details about yourself, your clinicians, your medication, your test results and your care plan

Know Diabetes Personal Record and Care Plan - Part 2 'Word' Document

This 'Word' version of Part 2 can be downloaded to your PC, laptop or tablet where you can enter all of your personal information, including medication, test results, care plans and much more.

Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult (LADA)

This resource gives a brief summary of the type of diabetes called Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of the Adult (LADA).

Living Life to the Full

The Living Life to the Full course is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high quality, practical and user-friendly training in life skills. The course content teaches key knowledge in how to tackle and respond to issues/demands which we all meet in our everyday lives

Living with Diabetes and Dementia

Dementia can lead to problems with your memory and communication. This can make it difficult to care for your diabetes. Diabetes can also have an impact on your memory and understanding. This leaflet describes some of the issues that someone who has both conditions may face.

Living with Type 2 Diabetes

For information about living with type 2 diabetes, have a look here.

Looking After Your Feet When You Have Diabetes

Diabetes can gradually damage the nerves and blood vessels supplying your feet. This happens so slowly that you may not notice that your feet are less sensitive than they used to be. As your feet are less able to let you know when something is damaging them, it is important to look after them. This…

Low-Carb Snacks

Management of diabetes in emergency department during coronavirus pandemic

This crib sheet is for emergency departments, acute medical admissions wards or acute medical assessment units to use during the COVID-19 pandemic for people with diabetes.

Managing Diabetes at a Music Festival

This leaflet gives advice on how to look after your diabetes at a music festival while still having a good time.

Managing diabetes during intercurrent illness

For healthcare professionals and carers working in primary care and the community.