From your healthcare team

To achieve the best possible diabetes care, you need to work together with healthcare professionals as equal members of your diabetes care team. It is essential that you understand your diabetes as well as possible so that you are an effective member of this team.

You need to discuss with your consultant or GP the roles and responsibilities of those providing your diabetes care and to identify the key members of your own diabetes care team.

Members in your healthcare team

  • yourself
  • consultant physician/diabetologist
  • GP
  • diabetes specialist nurse (DSN)
  • practice nurse
  • dietitian
  • optometrist/ophthalmologist
  • podiatrist/chiropodist
  • psychologist
  • pharmacist
  • other medical specialists

You may see some members of your diabetes care team more often than others.