DESMOND
Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed
DESMOND is a structured group education programme for people newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
The programme has a sound theoretical and philosophical basis designed to empower people to self manage their own diabetes.
Each programme is run in a group setting, consisting of not more than 10 people, accompanied, if they so wish, by a partner, family member or friend. The programme in Kirklees is run as two half-day courses.
The DESMOND programme is facilitated by two health care professionals who have been formally trained to deliver the programme in the community.
