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Message: <blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 733502" data-attributes="member: 12578">There are lay diabetes educators on the Desmond course  <a href="http://www.desmond-project.org.uk/375.html" target="_blank">http://www.desmond-project.org.uk/375.html</a>There are lay diabetes educators mentioned on some hospital  websites such as here <a href="http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/our-services/services-a-z/d/diabetes/" target="_blank">http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/our-services/services-a-z/d/diabetes/</a>There is also the role of diabetes technician. This seems to be someone employed as a health care assistant who does specific training and can be employed in patient education and/or in doing the basic health care checks.This paper describes their roles in Peterborough  <a href="http://www.thejournalofdiabetesnursing.co.uk/media/content/_master/3283/files/pdf/jdn17-5-168-74.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thejournalofdiabetesnursing.co.uk/media/content/_master/3283/files/pdf/jdn17-5-168-74.pdf</a>  Some years ago we  had  a member  on here who did an OU diabetes technician course after T1 diagnosis but  said that he couldn't get a job because he had no clinical experience  <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-does-a-diabetes-educator-do.3844/#post-22860" target="_blank">http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-does-a-diabetes-educator-do.3844/#post-22860</a></blockquote>

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