Davies, Melanie
Kristunas, Caroline A. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8945-4671
Huddlestone, Lisa
Alshreef, Abualbishr
Bodicoat, Danielle
Dixon, Simon
Eborall, Helen
Glab, Agnieszka
Hudson, Nicky
Khunti, Kamlesh
Martin, Graham
Northern, Alison
Patterson, Mike
Pritchard, Rebecca
Schreder, Sally
Stribling, Bernie
Turner, Jessica
Gray, Laura J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Programme Grants for Applied Research (RP-PG-1212-20004)
Article History
Received: 20 November 2019
Accepted: 22 April 2020
First Online: 22 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study has been approved by the Yorkshire & The Humber—Leeds West Research Ethics Committee (03/05/2017, ref. 17/YH/0135). All participants provided informed consent to the questionnaire, observations, interviews and data linkage, respectively. Consent was implied by the completion and return of the questionnaire if it was returned anonymously.
: Not applicable
: There are no conflicts of interest; however, for transparency, the following are provided: MD is the Principal Investigator (PI) on the DESMOND programme (Diabetes education and self-management for people with newly diagnosed Type 2 diabetes). BS, SS and AN are employed by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, which receives not-for-profit income for DESMOND. MD, KK, HE, LG, AN, SS and BS are actively engaged in research and have previously received grants for DESMOND from NIHR, MRC and Diabetes UK to develop and test Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support programmes like DESMOND. The University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust (for which BS, SS and AN have a contract) receives licensing fees to support implementation of the DESMOND programme in CCGs in the UK, Ireland and Australia.All other authors have no competing interests.