Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country Diabetic Eye Screening Programme

19/12/2025

❄️✨ Feedback Friday! ✨❄️
We love shining a spotlight on the amazing feedback our patients share with us. Well done to our fabulous team! 💬💙☃️❄️

18/12/2025

🎄 Managing Diabetes During the Festive Season 🎄
Enjoy the holidays while staying on top of your diabetes with a few simple tips:
• Stay active- even a short walk after meals supports blood sugar control.
• Enjoy treats mindfully- moderation and small swaps help keep blood sugars steady.
• Consider checking blood sugars more often, as routines, food, and activity levels change.
• Stock up on meds & supplies before holidays when pharmacies close.
• Be aware of food–medicine interactions, especially with festive greens, cranberry products, and certain cheeses
• Try simple festive swaps like new potatoes, homemade berry sauce, or nutty parsley sauce to reduce spikes.
Wishing you a happy, healthy festive season! ❄️💙
🔗 https://www.diabetes.org.uk/living-with-diabetes/eating/christmas-food-and-diabetes
🔗 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/festive-foods-and-your-medicines-mhra-shares-advice-to-help-you-stay-safe-this-winter

11/12/2025

Your vision matters.

If you have diabetes, you will be regularly invited for diabetic eye screening.

Screening is important because when eye problems are caught early, they can be treated more effectively, before you notice changes to your sight.

Find out more at nhs.uk/des or on our website here Diabetic Eye Screening - InHealth Group

InHealth has proudly partnered with the NHS for nearly 15 years to deliver diabetic eye screening across 19 of England’s 57 programmes - supporting over 1.8 million people in protecting their sight.

05/12/2025

🎉 Feedback Friday! 🎉
We love hearing from our patients 💙 Thank you to everyone who left positive feedback for the BSBC Diabetic Eye Screening Programme recently. Your kind words mean the world to our team! 🌍✨

02/12/2025

👁📍 Find Your Nearest Diabetic Eye Screening Venue! 📍👁
Regular eye screening is essential for anyone living with diabetes, as it can detect problems early and prevent sight loss. Check out the full list of local diabetic eye screening venues here:
https://www.inhealthgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/BSBC-Venue-List-V1.4.pdf

To find out more or to book or re-arrange your next diabetic eye screening appointment, please get in touch:
☎️0121 661 2220
📧enquiries.bsbcdesp@nhs.net

27/11/2025

🧸🎁 🎀 🎄💝This festive season, our incredible team will be supporting Toys 4 Birmingham, a wonderful local charity that delivers new toys to vulnerable children and young people over the holidays.
Our volunteers will be collecting donations and helping to sort toys, pack boxes, and load vans ready to spread smiles across the region.
A huge thank you in advance to all our amazing volunteers. Your efforts will make a real difference to families this Christmas!🧸🎁 🎀 🎄💝

14/11/2025

Globally, 7 in 10 adults (412 million people) living with diabetes are of working age. This years theme is ‘know more and do more for diabetes at work’. At InHealth we are committed to fostering a supportive work environment for all our staff and those that may live with diabetes. This includes offering flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments – as well as a highly skilled and approachable leadership community who are available to offer help and guidance to make working with a condition such as diabetes, easier.

This , we're joining the call for better diabetes awareness, reinforced through our partnership with the NHS to support the roll out of the National Diabetic Eye Screening Programme (DESP), now delivered across 19 locations across the UK, and supporting 2 million patients with diabetes. Attending your scheduled appointment is vital if you want to manage the condition. The routine check-up can help you spot and treat diabetic retinopathy early, which should prevent it from progressing to a stage where it’s more difficult to treat.

Get in touch with your local Patient Engagement Centre team or use our Patient Portal today to arrange an appointment that works for you. To find your local contact or Patient Portal details, take a look at our website here: https://www.inhealthgroup.com/diabetic-eye-screening/contact-and-locations/

If you want to better understand more of the signs of diabetes and assess your own risk, try out this online tool from World Diabetes Day: https://worlddiabetesday.org/type-2-diabetes-risk-assessment/

Look out for more from us and our teams, as we step out into the communities that we serve and encourage them to put their health first.

10/11/2025

Remembrance Sunday 2025- Lest We Forget
Yesterday, we paused to remember the courage, sacrifice, and resilience of all members of the armed forces as well as civilian personnel who served during the two World Wars and in subsequent conflicts.
At BSBC DESP, we join the nation in honouring their memory and expressing our deepest gratitude.
“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”

04/11/2025

🔬 New Research Identifies Early Trigger of Diabetic Eye Disease👁️
🧪 Scientists have discovered that a protein called LRG1 is involved in the early development of diabetic retinopathy- a condition that can lead to sight loss in people with diabetes.
🛑 Blocking LRG1 in lab models prevented early retinal damage, suggesting potential for future treatments.
📅 Regular diabetic eye screening helps detect changes early and protect vision.
🔗 Read more:

The discovery could revolutionise how retinopathy is treated, shifting from managing late-stage eye damage to preventing vision loss before it begins.The new study, led by Dr Giulia De Rossi at UCL, reveals that a protein called LRG1 plays a critical role in starting the earliest stage of eye damage...

16/10/2025

💜BSBC DESP Staff Supporting Birmingham Refuge Charity💜
A big thank you to all staff who recently donated prams, nappies, and other baby essentials to support families at Birmingham Refuge, a charity helping women and children rebuild after domestic abuse. Your generosity is appreciated.
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Empowering women to live without violence & fear. Refuge is the largest domestic abuse organisation in the UK. Supporting thousands of women & their children overcome the physical, emotional, financial impacts of abuse.

08/10/2025

🎉 Well done to our fantastic BSBC DESP team! 🎉
Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country Diabetic Eye Screening Programme staff have been praised again in recent feedback from patients. Well done to all who were mentioned. Your dedication, compassion, and professionalism truly make a difference. 👏