Healthy living is a free online service designed to provide advice and information to people living with type 2 diabetes, to help them better manage their condition. The programme is user-led and offers an alternative means of accessing support to the more traditional, group-based structured education programmes.
Originally developed by University College London (UCL), Healthy living provides information about type 2 diabetes and its treatments, offers advice on emotional wellbeing, and helps with adopting and maintaining healthy behaviours.
The programme has a strong evidence base proving its effectiveness. A randomised control trial (RCT), funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), demonstrated modest but significant improvements in HbA1c levels amongst the group using Healthy living. In addition to this, the UCL team also designed an implementation study demonstrating the feasibility of rolling Healthy living out at scale.
The service is available now across England and is accepting self-referrals. For more information take a look at their leaflet or to register now check out the links below.
Healthy Living Leaflet (PDF, 683KB)
Healthy Living Website