Table 7 Online sources of patient information and resources
Diabetes |
○ Diabetes UK. The leading charity that cares for and campaigns for people affected by or at risk of diabetes. |
○ Following a change in measurement reporting of HbA1c, Diabetes UK has developed an easy-to-use online HbA1c converter, for conversion of old (percentage units) and newer higher order measurements in millimoles per mol (mmol/mol). |
○ Leicestershire Diabetes Service provides an extensive online diabetes resource. |
Diabetic eye disease |
○ Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Facts about diabetic macular oedema. Patient information - medical retina services. Authored by Ms Dawn Sam, revision number 4, May 2016. |
○ http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/diabetic-macular-oedema.pdf |
○ The Macular Disease Society. Your guide to diabetic macular oedema. Macular Society 2015. |
○ http://www.macularsociety.org/sites/default/files/resource/DiabeticMacularOedema.pdf |
○ Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). Understanding eye conditions related to diabetes. RNIB and RCOphth July 2016. Accredited by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, this guide provides a detailed explanation of the eye and helpful advice on next steps. |
○ NHS Public Health England. Your guide to diabetic retinopathy. Important information about signs of changes to your eyes caused by diabetes. Public Health England. |
○ NHS Public Health England. Closer monitoring and treatment for diabetic retinopathy. Public Health England. |
○ Further online information about diabetic eye screening and other aspects of diabetes care is available at http://www.nhs.uk/diabeticeye |
Driving |
○ The Macular Disease Society. Driving. Everything you need to know about driving if you have macular disease. Also available on audio CD. Macular Society 2016. |
○ http://www.macularsociety.org/sites/default/files/downloads/MacularSocietyDriving0316.pdf |
