Thanks to the many people who volunteered to train as lay educators, and to the health care professionals taking part, the DESMOND Lay Educator Study has successfully completed its pilot phase.
There was a keen response in Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Leicester City, Leicestershire, County & Rutland, Peterborough and West Lothian where the study is taking place, and all 12 lay educators were appointed.
We’ll keep you posted on this website as things progress.
Thank you once again and watch this space!
If you are interested in finding out more about the study then please contact Panna Mandalia or Dr Marian Carey on (0116) 2587290 or email Panna Mandalia at panna.mandalia@uhl-tr.nhs.uk.
New and exciting DESMOND research will get underway in May this year when the DESMOND self-monitoring study begins. The study, funded by Diabetes UK, will be comparing the effectiveness of urine and blood monitoring on glycaemic control when monitoring skills are part of a structured education programme – in this case, the DESMOND programme.