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Care and Management of Diabetes

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  • Type: Health & Wellbeing | e-Learning
  • Level: 2
  • Start Date: Throughout the year
  • Duration: 8-12 weeks based on 4 hours of study a week
  • Study Mode: Online Learning

About the course

There is an emerging global epidemic of diabetes. In the UK alone, 3.2 million people are diagnosed  with the disease and an estimated  630,000 people have the condition but don't know it. It is believed  that  deaths from diabetes will rise by more than 50% in the next ten years. Simple lifestyle measures can be effec tive in preventing or delaying the onset of this chronic, debilitating and often deadly disease.

Why study?

  • Achieve a nationally recognised Level 2 qualification
  • Improve your understanding of the various forms and causes of diabetes
  • Evidence your competency to employers
  • Further your personal and professional development
  • Learn at a time that suits you, without the need to attend College
  • Create better preventative care by being able to identify early signs of diabetes

What you will learn

  • Understand Diabetes
  • Prevention and Early Intervention of Type 2 Diabetes
  • Understand the Initial Care of Diabetes
  • Understand the Treatment and Management of Diabetes

How much does it cost?

This course is free* to study if you are:

Aged 19 or over on the 1 August 2021

  • Living in UK and meet the residency eligibility rules
  • Are not currently studying an apprenticeship

*Costs for adult programmes have changed. If you live in a devolved funding area you may have to pay for your programme. This includes residents of Greater Cambridge and Peterborough.

If you currently reside in any of the devolved authorities listed below (based on you home postcode) your study with Harlow College is not eligible for AEB funding and you may be required to pay tuition fees. You may be eligible for funding from other providers.

  • The Greater Manchester Combined Authority
  • The Liverpool City Region Combined 
  • The West of England Combined Authority
  • The West Midlands Combined Authority
  • The Tees Valley Combined Authority
  • The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
  • The Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority
  • Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority
  • The West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Awarding Body

NCFE/CACHE

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