{"id":212908,"date":"2025-06-25T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/212908\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T10:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T10:38:17","slug":"nhs-wales-expands-digital-toolkit-for-diabetes-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/212908\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS Wales expands digital toolkit for diabetes management"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three diabetes apps have been made available across Wales to complement a government face-to-face programme that has helped more than 10,000 people.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

NHS Wales has invested in a Wales-wide license for the apps that support prevention of Type 2 diabetes for those at high risk and self-management for those already diagnosed.<\/p>\n

One in five adults in Wales are living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to figures from Diabetes UK Cymru.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Jim McManus, national director for health and wellbeing at Public Health Wales, said:\u00a0 \u201cThe ability of a person living with Type 2 diabetes to self-manage their condition is essential to them being able to live well and for longer.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn average, a person with diabetes spends just three hours a year with healthcare professionals and 8,757 hours managing their condition on their own.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo do this effectively, consistent support is crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n

The digital solutions are funded by Public Health Wales under the Tackling Diabetes Together Programme<\/a> which launched in April 2024.<\/p>\n

They are designed to complement the All Wales Diabetes Prevention Programme, funded by the Welsh government, which launched in June 2022 and has helped more than 10,000 people.<\/p>\n

The apps, MyDESMOND Wales<\/a> for Type 2 diabetes, Let\u2019s Prevent Wales<\/a> for pre-diabetic individuals, and Baby Steps<\/a> for gestational diabetes \u2014 provide digital tools which anyone living in Wales can access for free by filling out an online request.<\/p>\n

Users can access weekly tracking dashboards to monitor progress, interactive learning modules that deliver educational content and activity tracking capabilities.<\/p>\n

The integration of an \u201cask the expert\u201d function provides direct access to clinical guidance, while goal-setting features promote adherence and behavioural change.<\/p>\n

They also provide access to a supportive digital community with more than 30,000 members, aimed to foster peer encouragement and shared learning.<\/p>\n

In February 2025, Public Health Wales appointed Healthia<\/a> to lead the digital diabetes discovery project, which focused on addressing disparities in health outcomes for diabetes care through accessible digital tools and solutions.<\/p>\n

The project will\u00a0develop an evidence-based framework to guide strategic decisions on digital and telecare\/telehealth investments, ensuring maximum impact across the eight care processes for diabetes management in Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three diabetes apps have been made available across Wales to complement a government face-to-face programme that has helped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[84773,84774,748,967,84775,84776,4884,84777,84778,84779,66621,60440,84780,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-212908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-all-wales-diabetes-prevention-programme-awdpp","9":"tag-baby-steps","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-diabetes","12":"tag-diabetes-care","13":"tag-diabetes-uk-cymru","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-healthia","16":"tag-lets-prevent-wales","17":"tag-mydesmond-wales","18":"tag-nhs-wales","19":"tag-public-health-wales","20":"tag-tackling-diabetes-together-programme","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114743574809401419","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}