The Paula Carr Diabetes Trust

Supporting people in Kent and Medway living with Diabetes

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It’s World Diabetes Day!

Taking place each year on 14 November, World Diabetes Day brings a focus to this condition which affects every family.

At the Paula Carr Diabetes Trust we are dedicated to supporting people living with diabetes in Kent and Medway and our Chairman, Gary Fagg, will be talking to KMTV’s Joe Coshan about the condition tonight at 17.15.

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With 80% of Type 2 diabetes preventable by adopting a healthy lifestyle it’s good to know that there are ways of helping you and your family avoid its potentially devastating consequences. To find out more about preventing Type 2 diabetes in your family visit the Diabetes UK website.

More calls for flash glucose monitoring devices

Everyone at the Paula Carr Diabetes Trust was pleased to see that the availability of flash glucose monitoring devices for people living with Type 1 diabetes is getting some much-needed attention in the press.

The charity’s trustees, led by Chairman Gary Fagg, are lobbying Kent CCGs to allow GP practices to prescribe the device which as been described as ‘life changing’ by people using it to help monitor their blood glucose levels.

Read the BBC News article here to find out more.