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"I cant express enough how good this course was for me"

About: Community Services (Adult Physical Health) / Diabetes Specialist Nursing

(as the patient),

Been over weight all my life learning how to prevent diabetes and learning about food has been a life changer.

I attended the 6 week course with my husband who is type 2 diabetic. The course was face to face which was fantastic as everyone engaged with everyone and felt able to talk about their own experiences sharing what they had learnt.

This course needs to be in schools as part of the children learning. It is such an eye opener to how your body breaks down food. It has transformed the way i now look at food and eat. If i had only known this all them years ago i don't think i would have been over weight as i am now. I cant express enough how good this course was for me especially face to face if it had been on a team chat i dont think i would have engaged as much. I have started losing weight with changing how and what I eat I feel enlightened.

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Response from Leander Parkinson, Team Leader, Diabetes Specialist Nursing, ROTHERHAM DONCASTER AND SOUTH HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST 3 days ago
We are preparing to make a change
Leander Parkinson
Team Leader, Diabetes Specialist Nursing,
ROTHERHAM DONCASTER AND SOUTH HUMBER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Submitted on 20/08/2025 at 09:42
Published on Care Opinion at 11:04


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Hi my name is Leander Parkinson and I am Team Lead for the Community Diabetes Specialist Nursing Service in Doncaster. I wanted to thank you so much for such positive comments you have given regarding the XPERT Type 2 Diabetes Structured Programme. I am so pleased that both yourself and your husband have benefited from the course and the way it has positively changed your life.

I will be making my colleague Laura who runs the education programme aware of your comments today and as we are looking to promote the XPERT programme, we can use positive comments such as yours to help encourage more people to attend in the future.

Many thanks once again

Leander Parkinson

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