Key concepts covered include:

• Understand what diabetes is and its prevalence in the UK
• Know the cause of diabetes, the symptoms and how it is diagnosed
• Know what the main types of diabetes are
• Understand how diabetes is treated and how it can be prevented
• Have an awareness of complications that can be caused through diabetes
• Understand the importance of supporting people with a diabetes
• Implement diabetes awareness measures in the workplace.

Course Description

based on the compliance requirements placed on Choices Training by the Health & Safety at Work (Etc.) Act of 1974, Equality Act 2010; Mental Capacity Act 2005 and associated code of practice; Mental Health Act 2007 and Code of Practice; Human Rights Act; Data Protection Act 2018 together with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and requirements placed on healthcare employers by the Care Act and CQC Standards