Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week 2025
Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Week is taking place between Monday 26 May and Sunday 1 June this year. We're joining NHS England as proud campaign partners for this annual awareness week.
You can find out more information on type 2 diabetes here.
An estimated 6.3 million people live with prediabetes, but many are not aware of this. If left untreated, prediabetes can develop into type 2 diabetes, which can lead to serious health complications. You may also be at an increased risk of developing type 2 if you have had gestational diabetes. There’s a range of risk factors at play, including family history and ethnic background but finding out your risk of developing type 2 diabetes means you can take action to protect your health.

Know your risk

Prediabetes

Gestational diabetes

Type 2 diabetes drivers

Our prevention work

NHS toolkit
The NHS has set up prevention programmes in all nations of the UK to support people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, including those who have had gestational diabetes:
England: england.nhs.uk/diabetes/diabetes-prevention
Scotland: mydiabetesmyway.scot.nhs.uk/diabetes-prevention
Wales: phw.nhs.wales/services-and-teams/primary-care-division/all-wales-diabetes-prevention-programme
Northern Ireland: contact your GP for a referral to your local prevention programme

Gina's story - developing type 2 after gestational diabetes

Waseem's story - diagnosed with type 2 aged 24
