New NHS online support for people with Type 2 diabetes

Through a new service that's the first of its kind, NHS advice will be offered online to people with Type 2 diabetes to help them manage their condition.

This will mean that people with Type 2 diabetes have information and support available at the touch of a button, via an online portal, helping them to manage their health and wellbeing independently and potentially preventing the condition becoming worse.

Trials of the service showed people making use of the online courses and information reduced their blood glucose levels, a crucial part of managing Type 2 diabetes. Eleven sites will now pilot the new service later this year, with a national roll out from 2020.