Pauline Latham OBE MP hosted a Diabetic Awareness Day on Friday 24th November at The Church on Oakwood.
Several specialist stalls attended the event including Weight Watchers, Wilsons Pharmacy, Derby Diabetics UK Group, Derbyshire Community Health Service NHS Foundation Trust who talked about their X-PERT programme which is delivered in Derbyshire and representatives from Allestree and Darley Diabetic Self Help Group who talked about an alternative way of managing Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. There was also free testing at the Silver Star Mobile Diabetes Unit.