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Living with diabetes

Our free smartphone Tracker App

Log and track your daily levels – for Apple and Android devices
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Our range of must-have books and useful items to help you manage your diabetes
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Join our community of over 300,000 supporters and help make a difference
The 15 Healthcare Essentials

Make sure you know the basic health checks that everyone with diabetes should receive
Talk to someone with diabetes

Our peer support service connects people living with diabetes to share experience and support
Diabetes Voices

Raise your voice and campaign for change
Insurance and finance from Diabetes UK

Travel, life and other insurance schemes for people with diabetes
Balance

Discover our monthly lifestyle magazine
Advocacy service

Help for vulnerable people with diabetes
Download the Carbs Count e-book

Free introduction to carbohydrate counting and insulin dose adjustment
Diabetes and driving

Up-to-date information on the latest licence changes
Food and recipes

Balance your diet with over 250 tasty recipes
Putting feet first

Help us end the scandal of preventable amputations
Your stories

People with diabetes share their experiences

Is there a cure for diabetes?

Is there a cure for diabetes?

Lab-based research and clinical trials all support the search for a cure. Diabetes UK funds many projects that could help.

We talked to Diabetes UK Director of Research, Dr Alasdair Rankin, to find out more.

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Each year, we invest millions of pounds into groundbreaking diabetes research.
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News & research

Latest news

People with diabetes denied vital test strips

New report shows basic diabetes management tools are being rationed.

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