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Leicester Diabetes Centre - Committed to growing international research, education & innovation

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If you're attending #CommercialVehicleShow2025 come and meet our amazing team and learn more about our great SHIFT programme! The SHIFT programme is designed for HGV drivers to help make positive changes to their exercise, sitting and diet. Learn more: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/workplace-shif…

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Great feedback from a recent '24-Hour Movement Behaviours in Practice' session, led by EDEN Diabetes Training & Impact teams! ✅ Engaging movement ✅ Powerful resources ✅ Real-world decision-making skills 🗣️“The handout was absolutely awesome” 🗣️“Interactive & energising.”

Great feedback from a recent '24-Hour Movement Behaviours in Practice' session, led by <a href="/EDEN_Leicester/">EDEN Diabetes Training</a>  &amp; Impact teams!

✅ Engaging movement 
✅ Powerful resources 
✅ Real-world decision-making skills

🗣️“The handout was absolutely awesome”
🗣️“Interactive &amp; energising.”
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Registration is open for LDC’s 2025 Practical Diabetes Technology & Hybrid Closed Loop Course! This hands-on course will enhance your confidence & knowledge of #diabetes #technology. 📅20 & 21 November 📍Maynooth, #Ireland Sign up: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/practical-diab… #DiabetesEducation

Registration is open for LDC’s 2025 Practical Diabetes Technology &amp; Hybrid Closed Loop Course! 

This hands-on course will enhance your confidence &amp; knowledge of #diabetes #technology.

📅20 &amp; 21 November
📍Maynooth, #Ireland 

Sign up: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/practical-diab…

#DiabetesEducation
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Free education for #HCPs aligned with this important work & in partnership with NHS England is available from EDEN Diabetes Training. Includes pregnancy & preconception, getting the diagnosis right, mental health & effective treatments. 🔗eot2deden.com Melanie

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“Nurses underpin everything the NHS does, including research,” says Carol Robinson, Clinical Research Nurse. Our #nurses are vital to the research we do, that’s why we’re asking you to help us to celebrate them this #InternationalNursesDay! Please join us in saying thank you!❤️

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This #InsulinSafetyWeek our EDEN team have an exciting opportunity for healthcare professionals who want to improve their knowledge and skills in managing diabetes. Our FREE Injectable Therapies Programme is: Flexible Interactive Evidence based Sign up: edendiabetes.com/training-injec…

This #InsulinSafetyWeek our EDEN team have an exciting opportunity for healthcare professionals who want to improve their knowledge and skills in managing diabetes.

Our FREE Injectable Therapies Programme is:
Flexible
Interactive
Evidence based

Sign up: edendiabetes.com/training-injec…
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Updated Insulin Safety e-learning! The ITS2.0 module, developed by ITS inpatient diabetes training & support & EDEN Diabetes Training, for all clinical staff Leicester's Hospitals. Includes interactive lessons & diabetes tech. 💻 Access via HELM for UHL staff Read more: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/news-blog/2025… #InsulinSafetyWeek

Updated Insulin Safety e-learning!

The ITS2.0 module, developed by <a href="/ITS_diabetes_/">ITS inpatient diabetes training & support</a> &amp; <a href="/EDEN_Leicester/">EDEN Diabetes Training</a>, for all clinical staff <a href="/Leic_hospital/">Leicester's Hospitals</a>. Includes interactive lessons &amp; diabetes tech.

💻 Access via HELM for UHL staff

Read more: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/news-blog/2025…

#InsulinSafetyWeek
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This May we’re inviting you to take part in #NationalWalkingMonth2025 🚶‍♀️🚶 Even tiny changes add up! Just 5-6 minutes brisk walk a day could extend your life by as much as 4 years! Learn more about the power of walking: youtube.com/watch?v=WmduT8… Leicester's Hospitals Research at Leicester's Hospitals

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Our EDEN Diabetes Training team are focusing on Lipohypertrophy this #InsulinSafetyWeek “Lipos” are lumps under the skin which can affect how insulin is absorbed leading to problems managing diabetes. Watch our video to learn more about causes and prevention. youtube.com/shorts/9vSQq2t…

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NEWS| Why walking may be the key to a long & healthy life! "As far back as 400 BC, Hippocrates...famously said, “Walking is man’s best medicine.” More than two millennia later, science is finally catching up with that wisdom." Article by Prof Tom Yates: theconversation.com/why-walking-ma…

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🎶 #WalkThisMay 🎶 This May for National Walking Month the LDC wants to encourage you to think about small ways you could up your step count. Something as simple as parking in a space further away from the office increases your steps! For more ideas: youtube.com/watch?v=WmduT8…

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An exciting development for our Structured Health Intervention For Truckers (SHIFT)! Find out more about the programme & proven health benefits: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/workplace-shift

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We’re excited to welcome Prof Leigh Breen to #TeamLDC as Professor of Translational Physiology! He brings expert knowledge in exercise, nutrition & muscle ageing, boosting our research into metabolic health, obesity & type 2 diabetes. Starts 1 June! 🔗leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/news-blog/prof…

We’re excited to welcome Prof Leigh Breen to #TeamLDC as Professor of Translational Physiology!

He brings expert knowledge in exercise, nutrition &amp; muscle ageing, boosting our research into metabolic health, obesity &amp; type 2 diabetes.

Starts 1 June! 🔗leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/news-blog/prof…
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NEWS| LDC Professor Sam Seidu (samuel seidu) has been appointed chair for REF 2029 sub-panel! The Professor in Primary Care Diabetes and Cardio-metabolic Medicine will chair the Public Health, Health Services, and Primary Care sub-panel. Read more: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/news-blog/ldc-…

NEWS| LDC Professor Sam Seidu (<a href="/scelee1/">samuel seidu</a>) has been appointed chair for REF 2029 sub-panel!

The Professor in Primary Care Diabetes and Cardio-metabolic Medicine will chair the Public Health, Health Services, and Primary Care sub-panel.

Read more: leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/news-blog/ldc-…
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Heading to #DTNIreland & Diabetes Collaborative Clinical Trial Network day in Dublin today? Don’t miss LDC’s Professor Claire Meek presenting at 10am: “Eating for two? Managing gestational weight gain in women with gestational diabetes.” Proud to see LDC experts shaping the future of diabetes care.

Heading to #DTNIreland &amp; <a href="/DiabetesCTN/">Diabetes Collaborative Clinical Trial Network</a> day in Dublin today?

Don’t miss LDC’s Professor <a href="/ClaireMeek5/">Claire Meek</a> presenting at 10am:

“Eating for two? Managing gestational weight gain in women with gestational diabetes.”

Proud to see LDC experts shaping the future of diabetes care.
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This week is #Type2DiabetesPreventionWeek. Our DESMOND 🗝 team have developed a suite of evidence-based education programmes to support people to understand their personal diabetes risk & take steps to reduce it. Learn more: desmond.nhs.uk/modules-posts/… Prof Kamlesh Khunti

This week is #Type2DiabetesPreventionWeek.  

Our <a href="/DESMOND_Tweets/">DESMOND 🗝</a> team have developed a suite of evidence-based education programmes to support people to understand their personal diabetes risk &amp; take steps to reduce it.  

Learn more: desmond.nhs.uk/modules-posts/…

<a href="/kamleshkhunti/">Prof Kamlesh Khunti</a>
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Does 10,000 steps a day feel impossible? Even a small increase in daily steps is a “step” in the right direction! Just 5-6 minutes brisk walk a day could extend your life by up to 4 years! Learn about why you should walk more this #NationalWalkingMonth: youtube.com/watch?v=WmduT8…