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Raising Awareness

Professionals

Secondary care

Clinical, audit and governance meetings in secondary care (in medical, obstetrics and infertility services)
Include information in induction packs for relevant junior staff
Update sessions for midwives

Primary/Intermediary care

Written information to GP Practices
Workshops in update sessions
Articles in local GP press
Engage local pharmacists to discuss pregnancy at medicines review

Involving other professionals

Health visitors/Surestart
Youth workers
Family planning clinics
Community leaders in ethnic minority groups
Lay educators for ethnic minority groups
Organisers of local Diabetes UK groups

Women with diabetes and their partners

Posters

In consulting rooms rahter than waiting areas - pharmacies
Surestart nurseries
Communtiy centres
Events (world diabetes days, and local Diabetes UK meetings)

Information leaflets

Consider sending to all women with diabetes of childbearing age
Leave near posters
Give out during consultations
Give out during education sessions / Diabetes Days

Discuss pregnancy during consultations

Annual review
Post natal visits and baby health checks
Contraception consultations
Pharmacy Medicines review

Include Pregnancy In:

Structured education programmes
Local Diabetes UK meetings

Diabetes care areas - click here to navigate to care area page