A major study has found that the radical NHS “soups and shakes” programme works at scale and is helping hundreds of people put their type 2 diabetes into remission across England.
The 12-month innovative programme helps kickstart
The research suggests that the recent expansion of the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission (T2DR) programme to cover all of England has the potential to benefit thousands more people.
The research covers the period between September 2020 and the end of 2022, during which time, 7540 people were referred to the programme.
Of those who started the programme before January 2022 (1740), the findings show that the average participant had lost over 10kg in one year.
Dr Elizabeth Robertson, Director of Research at Diabetes UK, said: “Diabetes UK is proud to have funded over a decade of research that has forged new frontiers for people with type 2 diabetes and put remission on the map.
“These latest findings add to the real-world evidence that the NHS England Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme can help thousands of people living with type 2 diabetes on their weight loss and remission journey, which we know is tough and having support is critical.
“We hope to see even more people benefiting in years to come and an increase in referrals to the programme especially for people recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and in younger people where the impact of type 2 diabetes and remission from it is greatest.”
Previous analysis also shows that the programme is effective and can work successfully to support weight loss, with participants typically losing 7.2kg (over one stone) on average after one month.
