About Us
The Diabetes Monitoring
Forum is a group of diabetes healthcare professionals who
came together with the aim of helping people with diabetes
better understand the role of blood glucose and ketone monitoring
in diabetes management.
The Forum Members are:
Sue Benbow,
Consultant Diabetologist, The Walton Hospital, Liverpool
David Cavan, Consultant &
Honarary Senior Lecturer, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Bournemouth
Sue Cradock, Consultant Nurse
in Diabetes, Queen Alexandra Hospital Portsmouth.
Jeremy Dale, Professor of Primary
Care and General Practitioner, The University of Warwick
Stephen Greene, Leader in Child
and Adolescent Health, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School,
Dundee
Sharon Jones, Consultant Physician,
Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield
David Matthews, Professor of
Diabetic Medicine, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Tara Wallace, Clinical Research
Fellow, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford
Gerry Rayman, Consultant Physician,
Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich
Over
an 18 months period the group developed a series
of glucose monitoring advice leaflets. Each leaflet is tailored
to different treatment regimens and provides patients with
clear advice about the ‘whys’ and ‘whens’
of blood glucose monitoring. The leaflets were developed to
help patients monitor their blood glucose appropriately and
to use these measurments to improve self-care.
A series of seven leaflets has been produced. The series
consists of information for people:
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Managed on diet
and exercise alone
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Taking metformin
alone or in combination with pioglitazone or rosiglitazone
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Taking a sulphonylurea,
repaglinide or nateglinide alone or in combination with
other oral medication
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Managed on once daily
long-acting insulin plus a sulyphonlyurea or metformin
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Managed on twice
daily insulin
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Managed on multiple
daily insulin
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Who are parents of
a young child being treated with insulin twice daily.
You can print off
copies of the leaflets by registering with the site. Once
you have registered you will need to login each time to
get access to the leaflets.
Or contact Innervate, the Forum Secretariat, by clicking
on the Innervate logo
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