Jersey Diabetes Service

Who we are

Jersey Diabetes Service is a specialist resource centre. We offer advice and care for children and adults who have diabetes. We work closely with the charity Diabetes Jersey

You need an appointment to see a specialist nurse about your diabetes care. We don't offer a drop in service.

Services we provide

We offer the following clinics and services:

telephone and email advice to patients and professionals
diabetes clinics for patients requiring follow up by doctors or Diabetes Specialist Nurses
group education sessions for newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
dietician group education - healthy eating in diabetes
diagnosis and management of patients who develop complications
care of multiple pathologies
specialist foot care clinics
diabetes dietician clinics including intensive insulin management
care of paediatric patients, families and carers
transitional adolescent clinic to support young people moving into adulthood
care of women with diabetes during pregnancy, gestational diabetes and pre pregnancy counselling
assessment and audit of patients who need new therapies
home blood glucose monitoring education
continuous glucose monitoring service
insulin pump therapy service

If you have type 2 diabetes, your GP provides routine care including an annual review.

We provide annual routine retinal screening appointments. We send you a letter informing you of the date and time you need to attend.

Understanding diabetes

If you're living with diabetes, the DiabetesUK website offers useful information and resources. They have a wide variety of support available from knowing your diabetes risk to learning to live well with diabetes.

Understanding diabetes Youtube video (with subtitles and British Sign Language)

Diabetes and the body Youtube video (with subtitles and British Sign Language)

How to get diabetes supplies

From 20 November 2019, diabetes supplies from the Diabetes Centre are being phased out. Instead they will be provided by your community pharmacy.

There are a few steps to follow to get your diabetes supplies:

Step 1: Complete a referral form

Complete a referral form at your next appointment with your GP or the Diabetes Service.

Step 2: Register with your chosen pharmacy

You need to register with a pharmacy if you haven't done so already. You can find all the pharmacies on the Island in the register of pharmacy premises.

If you change to a different pharmacy, you’ll have to re-register with the new pharmacy. You can’t register with multiple pharmacies to collect your supplies.

Step 3: Take the referral form to your pharmacy

Your pharmacist will register you and make a record of the supplies you need based on the referral form. The amount of supplies given to you depends on the number of times you need to test your blood glucose levels each day.

Your pharmacist can also give help and advice on monitoring your blood glucose levels.

Every year, they will offer you a consultation to discuss your medicines and glucose monitoring.

Diabetes supplies available from your pharmacy

Supplies issued to you under this service are for your use only. They should not be passed on to other people, unless you're authorised to collect supplies on behalf of a person registered to the scheme.

The list below was last updated on 25 January 2025.

Supply type	Product name	Manufacturer	Pack size
Blood glucose test strips	WaveSense JAZZ test strip	Agamatrix	50
	Contour NEXT test strip	Ascensia	50
	Contour Plus test strip	Ascensia	50
	Freestyle Optium test strip	Abbott	50
	GlucoMen Areo Sensor	A Menarini diagnostics	50
Ketone test strips	Freestyle Optium ketone	Abbott	10
Ketone test strips	GlucoMen Areo B-Ketone	A Menarini diagnostics	10
Lancets	Agamatrix Ultra-Thin 33G/O.2mm	Agamatrix	200
	Microlet 28G/O.5mm	Bayer	200
	MyLife Comfort Safety 30G/1.2mm	Ypsomed	200
	Accu-check FastClix 30G/O.3mm	Roche	204
	Glucoject lancets PLUS 33G/O.2mm	A Menarini diagnostics	200
Lancing device	Accu-Chek FastCIix	Roche	1
Pen needles	BD viva pen needles 31G/5mm	BD	90
	BD viva pen needles 32G/4mm	BD	90
	4Sure pen needles 31G/5mm	Nipro	100
	4Sure pen needles 32G/4mm	Nipro	100
Intermittent Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring	Freestyle Libre 2 (1 sensor, 1 applicator)	Abbott	1
Intermittent Scanned Continuous Glucose Monitoring	Freestyle Libre 2 PLUS (1 sensor, 1 applicator)	Abbott	1
Syringes	Microfine hypodermic (JIOO insulin syringes O.5ml with 30G/8mm needles	BD	10
Syringes	SafetyGlide hypodermic UIOO insulin syringes 0.5ml with 30G/8mm needles	BD	100
Sharps bin	Sharpsafe (4 litre)	Frontier Plastics Ltd.	1
Sharps bin	Sharpsafe (1.8 litre)	Frontier Plastics Ltd.	1

Using your diabetes supplies safely

When you're using your diabetes supplies, you should always:

wash your hands with water prior to testing your blood glucose and avoid soap and sanitising gels
check the expiry date on your test strips and diabetes medications
use a new lancet for each blood glucose test
use a new needle for each injection
rotate your injection sites as recommended by your health care professional
dispose of your used needles and strips in the sharps bin provided. Never put them in your general household rubbish

Glucose meters

If your blood glucose meter stops working or is broken at any time, return it to the Diabetes Centre for a replacement.

Sharps bins

New sharps bins can be collected from your pharmacy. When they’re full, return them to the Diabetes Centre. Don’t overfill your sharps bin and ensure the lid is securely sealed when you return your full sharps bin to the Diabetes Centre. This prevents needle stick injuries to anyone handling it.

Criteria for Freestyle Libre flash glucose monitoring

To be eligible for this flash glucose monitor, you need to meet one or more of these criteria:

have type 1 diabetes and are checking your blood sugar level 8 times a day or more. The Diabetes Team usually need to review your blood glucose monitor for this
have type 1 diabetes and have used Libre. The Diabetes Team is satisfied that the Libre is safe and appropriate for you to use
have type 1 diabetes and have recurrent severe hypoglycaemia
have type 1 diabetes and are unable to test regularly due to a disability
have type 1 diabetes and are pregnant
have cystic fibrosis-related diabetes and take insulin
have another type of diabetes that you treat with insulin, and you’re also on haemodialysis and checking your blood sugars 8 or more times a day. Haemodialysis is a procedure that takes over kidney function when your kidneys aren’t working
work somewhere that your diabetes team have said isn’t appropriate for finger-prick testing. Or there are emotional or social factors that mean you can’t prick your finger. Both of these cases mean you can have a six-month trial of Libre to see if it benefits you

Part of your annual review will include discussion about your blood glucose monitoring.

This criteria is based on NHS England criteria for Freestyle Libre eligibility. You can find out more about flash monitoring (Freestyle Libre) on NHS website.

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