Diabetes

Key Points

• Provide lifestyle advice (healthy eating, physical exercise etc). 
  • Resources in English, Te Reo Māori, Samoan etc Diabetes New Zealand
• Review medication compliance & understanding, ensure that the patient has access to a pharmacy.  Consider pharmacist review.
• Ensure the Diabetes Annual Review is up to date.
• Provide a Sick Day plan:
  • Sick day management in patients with diabetes - New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (nzssd.org.nz)
  • Living well with type 1 diabetes – what to do when you are sick fact sheet (ndss.com.au)
• Ensure that vaccinations are up to date.
• Create/update an Acute Plan on HealthOne. Care Plans - Community HealthPathways Southern 
• Resources in English, Te Reo Māori, Samoan, and more. Diabetes New Zealand
• Diabetes overview | Healthify
• Diabetes - Community HealthPathways Southern
• Take Control of your Diabetes programme