A Warminster GP practice has welcomed a new website aimed at providing support and advice for 23,500 people in Wiltshire living with Type 2 diabetes - just over 1,000 of them living in the local area.

NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group has developed the website -www.diabeteswellbeing.org - with help from local GPs through the county.

Ted Wilson, the CCG’s Director of Community Services and Joint Commissioning, said: “We’re delighted to be able to offer patients this fantastic new website, which provides lots of helpful information to better understand their diabetes diagnosis and practical advice on how to manage their condition.

“Whether someone is newly diagnosed, or is already living with Type 2 diabetes, the website provides a trusted one-stop-shop for the information they need.”

Lesley Amer, diabetes specialist nurse at The Avenue Surgery in Warminster and who supports the local branch of Diabetes UK, said: “I think it offers people a lot more information and signposts them to the facilities available.

“I think it should prove quite a useful website for people across Wiltshire.”

Dr Lindsay Kinlin, GP at the Orchard Partnership, said: “We know there can be a lot of information for patients to take in at appointments, so the new Diabetes Wellbeing website is a great resource for people to refer to afterwards in their own time.

“The website has great advice about small changes you can make to improve your lifestyle, and provides information on a free X-Pert course that patients can sign up to directly.”

The Wiltshire Diabetes Wellbeing website has been funded by the NHS National Diabetes Transformation Programme.