Community Diabetes Programme

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Mission Statement

“To provide a local collaborative learning environment for diabetic patients to focus on lifestyle, education, and activity; aiming to connect patients to support each other through their continued holistic journey.”
  • Location: Malmesbury Primary Care Centre, Priory Way, Burton Hill, Malmesbury SN16 0FB
  • Duration: 5-week programme – Tuesday: 2 hrs 6:00 – 8:00pm starting 31st October
  • Group Learning Session: 6:00 -7:00pm
  • Movement & Activity (Instructors from The Activity Zone, Wiltshire Council): 7:00-8:00pm

Tuesday 31st October 2023

Week 1: Introduction: Meet the Team
Getting to know us: The different roles within primary care and the support we offer

Rachel Dolman – Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Malmesbury Primary Care Centre Diabetes Nurses, Clinical Pharmacists & Living Well Team

Tuesday 14th November 2023

Week 3: Wellbeing for Weight Management – “Focusing on emotional eating”
Understanding values, the cycle of change and goal setting

Meg Burch – Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner – Long-term Health (Diabetes) Wiltshire Talking Therapies (AWP)

Tuesday 7th November 2023

Week 2: Mindfulness
Katarzyna Lesko MSc MCSP, First Contact Practitioner

Tuesday 21st November

Week 4: Exercising Safely
Katarzyna Lesko MSc MCSP, First Contact Practitioner

Tuesday 28th November

Week 5: Living Well with Diabetes – “Focusing on the barriers”

Meg Burch – Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner – Long-term Health (Diabetes) Wiltshire Talking Therapies (AWP)


Pre-Questionnaire

Baseline information & recent BMI (Repeat at intervals of 3, 6 and 12 months), patient consent required to share anonymous data with all parties involve.