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NEWS: Welcome to Church Street Practice's New Website. I hope that you find the information here useful. If there are any suggestions or comments please let me know! You can still book appointments and get your repeat prescriptions online via the links in the right hand corner of the page. I hope you enjoy using the site! Dr Matthew Gaw

Church Street Practice, Mably Way, Wantage OX12 9BN

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Diabetes Checks

If you have diabetes it is important that you have several checks each year to help us manage your condition but also to help prevent some of the complications that diabetics get. The majority of management is through our nurses who are very experienced. We also run weekly meetings with Dr Drury or Dr Gaw to review harder to manage diabetic patients.

The checks which are important are as follows:

Checking levels of blood glucose, HbA1c, cholesterol, and blood pressure.
Ongoing advice on diet and lifestyle.
Checking for early signs of complications, for example:
- eye checks - to detect problems with the retina (a possible complication of diabetes) which can often be prevented from getting worse. Glaucoma is also more common in people with diabetes, and can usually be treated.
- urine tests - which include testing for protein in the urine which may indicate early kidney problems.
- foot checks.
- other blood tests.

Education plays a very important part in managing this condition and thus regular 6 monthly checks will help you understand diabetes. If you would like to learn more with other people with diabetes there are some fantastic learning sessions run by Diabetes2gether click here to find our more.

There is also some great information available at Diabetes UK charity. Go to their website by clicking here!