Diabetes can sometimes, unfortunately, mean that people need to receive care in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in hospital.

Researchers at Coventry University would like to recruit people aged 18-65 years old who have been in an ICU for at least 3 days (within the last 1-15 years) to take part in a study looking at the process of how ICU survivors develop positive changes in their personal outlook on life.

Researchers at The University of Roehampton & Coventry University would like to recruit people living with prediabetes (HbA1c 6- 6.4%) who are aged 18-50 to take part in an exciting new study. 

Researchers at City St Georges, University of London are inviting participants to take part in a research study exploring how people build healthy habits using an innovative psychological tool.
We are looking for people:

• aged 18 years or older;
• who can communicate in English;
• with a BMI above 25;
• who are trying to manage their weight or diet.

Participation involves a short online meeting, watching short videos, completing reflection exercises, and filling in questionnaires over 4 weeks.

Researchers at Our Future Health would like to recruit 5 million people aged 18 and over to take part in a new study designed to help researchers discover new ways to prevent, detect and treat common health conditions like diabetes, cancer, and dementia. 

It’s really important that young people and families have opportunities to take part in research. A portfolio of studies currently underway and looking to recruit people across the UK can be found on the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes website.

Families interested in taking part in any of the studies can contact the relevant research teams provided within the descriptions.

Researchers at the University of Surrey would like to recruit people over 18, who have type 2 diabetes and have received support from NHS Talking Therapies for depression in the last year, to take part in a study to better understand your experience.

Taking part will involve completing a 10-minute online survey on your demographic information, and a one-to-one online interview expected to last between 45 minutes to one hour.

All participants who complete the study will receive a £15 Amazon voucher.

Have you been diagnosed with diabetes? Would you like to help shape how diabetes clinicians communicate with people about food and eating?

A study is being conducted by a team of researchers at Warwick Medical School, the University of Birmingham, and Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. The purpose of this study is to better understand people’s experiences of communicating with diabetes clinicians about food, weight, and disordered eating, and to co-produce communication guidelines for clinicians.

Researchers at University of East London (UEL) would like to recruit psychological professionals (qualified or in training) with experience of working with young people (aged 16 to 25) living with type 2 diabetes to take part in a study that is exploring clinicians’ views, perspectives and experiences on their clinical work. 

They hope that the findings could contribute to the development of tailored psychological care for young people with type 2 diabetes and to spark interest in this under-researched area. 

Researchers at University College London (UCL) would like to recruit young people:

• aged 10-21 years;
• living in the UK;
• with a long-term condition such as diabetes;
• who require regular medicines

to take part in a study that is aiming to understand what medicine information young people with long-term health conditions may need to help their self-management.

Taking part involves a 30-minute interview (online or face to face, depending on what the participant wishes).

Researchers at the University of Hull would like to recruit people from an ethnic minority background who have had NHS bariatric surgery to take part in a study that aims to understand experiences of NHS care during and post-bariatric surgery. This will help close a gap in research and aim to improve the experiences of care received by people from ethnic minority backgrounds.