Changing Health joins forces with GP super-partnership to deliver high-impact diabetes education across England

​Changing Health, the service transforming digital education and support for people with diabetes, is now available for thousands more people across England to rapidly improve their health outcomes.

A new agreement between Changing Health and Modality Partnership, a GP organisation operating across 35 different locations in Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall, Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven and Hull, means the service is now available for those areas’ entire Type 2 diabetes population. Modality GP practices together serve over 300,000 people, around 18,750 of which are estimated to have Type 2 diabetes. 

Changing Health combines strongly evidence-based digital education with up to 100 minutes of one-to-one support from a qualified behavioural change coach. The education content is accessed via smartphone, tablet or PC, and is available anytime, anywhere. Positive outcomes for users include an average 0.7% reduction in HbA1c thanks to an average 7.4kg weight loss, and the possibility to completely reverse their Type 2 diabetes.

Changing Health Chief Executive, John Grumitt, said: “Working with such a far-reaching GP organisation is a key milestone in our mission to help millions of people prevent or reverse Type 2 diabetes. Giving people with diabetes the tools and the knowledge they need to change their lifestyles can dramatically improve clinical outcomes, making substantial cost-savings for the NHS through reducing GP surgery and A&E attendances. 
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“At the same time, Modality GPs will now benefit from Changing Health’s one-click referral system, reducing their admin burden and freeing up time.”