Diabetes, or to give its full name ‘Diabetes Mellitus’, is a common condition in which the amount of glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body is not able to use it properly. Over 1.8 million people in the UK have diabetes and probably another million have the condition but do not know it, so you are not alone.

The aim of the website is to give you the information you need to be in control of your diabetes on a day to day basis, enable you to know how and when to seek help from your health care team if you need to, and inform you of the different services and support that are available to you. Some people may already know some of the information included here, for others it may all be new.