This is the  fourth episode in the Patient-led T2D Podcast which aims to give you the answers to the questions that you want to know about type two diabetes.

This episode Prof. Derek O’Keeffe, the Clinical Lead for the National Clinical Programme for Diabetes will be talking to us about the way that type two diabetes is currently being managed in Ireland and the changes that are happening in the future. 

Thank you for all the responses to the initial questionnaire telling me what questions you had about type two diabetes and I hope that this podcast will go some way to answering them. Sinead Powell, Senior Dietitian with Diabetes Ireland answered some of your nutrition and diet ones in episode one and  in episode two, Prof. Diarmuid Smith Consultant Endocrinologist in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland answered some of the more clinical ones.

If you could please take the time to answer the very short survey afterwards and let me know what you think of the information contained in the podcast, I would be very grateful. 

You can leave a comment here - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NQNSQ7X  all responses are completely anonymous.

 You can also get in touch with me via the following email address: olivia.crinion2@mail.dcu.ie.

 A transcript of the interview is available by emailing the address above.

You can see Derek's Bloom garden here - https://www.bordbiabloom.com/croi-the-cardiovascular-garden/

If you have any questions about the information contained in podcast or would like a transcript of any of the episodes, please get in touch with me via the following email address: olivia.crinion2@mail.dcu.ie.

Ethics approval has been granted by DCU for this study.

If participants have concerns about this study and wish to contact an independent person, please contact:

The Chair, DCU Humanities & Social Science Faculty Research Ethics Committee, c/o Dublin City University, Dublin 9. Tel 01-7008000, e-mail hss-frec@dcu.ie