Have Your Say: Local NHS Diabetes Survey Now Live

Local people are being invited to have their say on diabetes services within the county, say health bosses at NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

A new survey, which has launched today (Wednesday 5 March 2025), seeks to understand the views and experiences of those living with diabetes, both type 1 and type 2, and will be used to inform any future changes to services across the county.

To complete the survey, please visit https://forms.office.com/e/VG4Fkakhn8.  The survey will close on 30 April 2025. For anyone unable to complete the survey online, please email stw.communications@nhs.net or call 0333 150 3069.

The survey follows an initial research programme completed in 2023 by both local Healthwatch organisations, Shropshire Council and NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, which spoke with over 200 people. Working together to progress this work, partners have now developed this survey to check in once again with resident’s experiences.

Fiona Smith, System Development and Service Re-design Lead, said: “It is really important that people living with diabetes in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin are given the support they need to help them live a healthy and active life. This survey is an important opportunity to enable local people to have their say and help us understand the barriers they face, and to shape the future of our services – and I would like to encourage everyone affected by diabetes to take few minutes to complete the survey.

Peter Shorrick, Head of Midlands and East of England at Diabetes UK, said: “Within the UK and across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, around one in five adults is living with diabetes or prediabetes, and we need to hear from as many people living with diabetes as possible, to make sure the results and the decisions we make reflect the views of everyone.”