Links / other resources

Support & Blogs

See our Diabetes Online Resources page for a wealth of useful links

Organizations

Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians: www.a-c-d-c.org -  Improving the care of children with diabetes (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Axon T4Net: www.axonuk.org – A web-based diabetes management program

Bournemouth Diabetes Learning Programme - www.bdec-e-learning.com/ – free online carbohydrate counting course

Diabetes Power: www.diabetespower.org.uk – raising awareness of Type 1 diabetes

Diabetes UK: www.diabetes.org.uk

Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation: www.drwf.org.uk

US - DiaTribe – “research and product news for people with diabetes”

JDRF: www.jdrf.org.uk - The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.  See also this news item for information about how INPUT and JDRF are working together.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals: www.leedsteachinghospitals.com/sites/diabetes – full of useful information from a top quality paediatric team.

NICE Technology Appraisal 151: www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/TA151

NHS Constitution: www.nhs.uk

PubMed: search for research! PubMed and BioMedSearch.com

Products

Desang UK: www.desang.net – kitbags, news, information.

Funky Pumpers UK based pump belt supplier. Also, a UK supplier of SPIBelts.

Insulin Vests UK based pump vest company.

Love Louisa UK based pump belt company.

Part of Me Products UK based pump belt company.

SpiBelts USA based belt supplier (can be used for pumps)

Pump Wear Inc USA based pump wear supplier

Recommended books

Pumping Insulin by John Walsh.  John Walsh is the American equivalent of a Diabetes Nurse Consultant, who has Type 1 diabetes and uses a pump himself.  Many pump users regard this book (first issued in 2000 and updated several times since) as the “pump user’s bible”.

Think Like A Pancreas by Gary Scheiner.  Gary Scheiner is also the American equivalent of a Diabetes Nurse Consultant, also has Type 1 diabetes and also uses a pump himself.  This book looks at all aspects of good control, including injecting, pumping, continuous glucose monitoring and avoiding burnout.

Both of these books are available from Amazon.co.uk and other bookshops.