Engagement - News and Updates

NHS Type 2 Pathway to Remission Programme - Diabetes Engagement

 

The Engagement Team is currently supporting colleagues with engagement planning around a 12-month programme to help people lose weight and potentially go into remission from having Type 2 diabetes. Somerset is one of 21 areas in the country to offer the Programme.

 

The 12-month programme consists of three phases, including 12 weeks of low-calorie soups and shakes (provided free of charge), followed by a 6-week reintroduction to real foods phase then a 7–8-month maintenance phase to help participants sustain long term diet and lifestyle changes. Participants are supported with one-to-one coaching with a choice of in person or digital support throughout the 12-month Programme. It can reduce a patient’s risk of medical complications from having diabetes and lower a patients need for medication.

 

In Somerset, 372 people have started the Programme. Of those, 131 are still on the Programme and 100 have completed it. 141 people haven’t completed it.

 

Engagement will focus on patient experience, why people choose to continue or discontinue with the programme and how we make communications around the programme more effective. A wide range of engagement activities and methods are being planned, to capture feedback from our diverse people & communities in Somerset.

 

We will keep you updated on how peoples' feedback shapes this work, as part of our commitment to 'You Said, We Did'.