Jersey Diabetes Service

​​​​​​​Who we are

Jersey Diabetes Service is a specialist resource centre. We offer advice and care for children and adults who have dia​betes. We work closely with the charity Diabe​tes Jersey.

You need an appointment to see a specialist nurse about your diabetes care. We don't offer a drop in service.

If you're living with diabetes, the Diabetes UK website offers useful information and resources. They have a wide variety of support available from knowing your diabetes risk to learning to live well with diabetes. 

Understanding diabetes Youtube video (with subtitles and British Sign Language)

Diabetes and the body Youtube video (with subtitles and British Sign Language)​

Services we provide

We offer the following clinics and services:

• telephone and email advice to patients and professionals
• diabetes clinics for patients requiring follow up by doctors or Diabetes Specialist Nurses
• group education sessions for newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
  
• dietician group education - healthy eating in diabetes
  
• diagnosis and management of patients who develop complications
• care of multiple pathologies
• specialist foot care clinics
  
• diabetes dietician clinics including intensive insulin management
  
• care of paediatric patients, families and carers
  
• transitional adolescent clinic to support young people moving into adulthood
• care of women with diabetes during pregnancy, gestational diabetes and pre pregnancy counselling
• assessment and audit of patients who need new therapies
• home blood glucose monitoring education
  
• continuous glucose monitoring service
• insulin pump therapy service

If you have type 2 diabetes, your GP provides routine care including an annual review.

We provide annual routine retinal screening appointments. We send you a letter informing you of the date and time you need to attend.

How to get diabetes supplies

There are a few steps to follow to get your diabetes supplies:

Step 1: Complete a referral form

Complete a referral form at your next appointment with your GP or the Diabetes Service.

Step 2: Register with your chosen pharmacy

You need to register with a pharmacy if you haven't done so already. You can find all the pharmacies on the Island in the register of pharmacy premises.

If you change to a different pharmacy, you’ll have to re-register with the new pharmacy. You can’t register with multiple pharmacies to collect your supplies.

Step 3: Take the referral form to your pharmacy

Your pharmacist will register you and make a record of the supplies you need based on the referral form. The amount of supplies given to you depends on the number of times you need to test your blood glucose levels each day. 

Your pharmacist can also give help and advice on monitoring your blood glucose levels.

Every year, they will offer you a consultation to discuss your medicines and glucose monitoring. 

Diabetes supplies available from your pharmacy

Supplies issued to you under this service are for your use only. They should not be passed on to other people, unless you're authorised to collect supplies on behalf of a person registered to the scheme.

The list below was last updated on 1 May 2026.

Supply type	Product name	Manufacturer	Pack size
​​​Blood glucose test strips​ ​ ​ ​ ​	WaveSense JAZZ test strip	Agamatrix	50
	Contour NEXT test strip	Ascensia	50
	Contour Plus test strip	Ascensia	50
	Freestyle Optium test strip	Abbott	50
	GlucoMen Areo Sensor	A Menarini diagnostics	50
Ketone test strips ​	Freestyle Optium ketone	Abbott	10
	GlucoMen Areo B-Ketone	A Menarini diagnostics	10
​​​Lancets ​ ​ ​ ​	Agamatrix Ultra-Thin 33G/O.2mm	Agamatrix	200
	Microlet 28G/O.5mm	Bayer	200
	MyLife Comfort Safety 30G/0.32mm	Ypsomed	200
	FastClix 30G/O.3mm	Roche	204
	Glucoject lancets EXTRA 33G/O.2mm	A Menarini diagnostics	200
Lancing device	Accu-Chek FastCIix	Roche	1
​​Pen needles ​ ​ ​	BD viva pen needles 31G/5mm	BD	90
	BD viva pen needles 32G/4mm	BD	90
	4Sure pen needles 31G/5mm	Nipro	100
	4Sure pen needles 32G/4mm	Nipro	100
Continuous glucose monitoring ​​	Freestyle Libre 2 PLUS (1 sensor, 1 applicator)	Abbott	1
	​Dexcom ONE+ (1 sensor, 1 applicator)	​Dexcom	​1
​Sharps bin ​	Sharpsafe (1 litre)	Fronti​er Plastics Ltd.	1
	Sharpsafe (1.8 litre)	Frontier Plastics Ltd.	1
	​Sharpsafe (4 litre)	​Frontier Plastics Ltd.	​​1

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​​​​Insulin cartridge pens ​​ ​ ​	JuniorSTAR	Sanofi	1
	AllStar Pro	Sanofi	1
	HumaPen Savvio	Eli Lilly	1
	NovoPen Echo Plus	Novo Nordisk	1
	NovoPen 6	Novo Nordisk	1

​Using your diabetes supplies safely

When you're using your diabetes supplies, you should always:

• wash your hands with water prior to testing your blood glucose and avoid soap and sanitising gels
• check the expiry date on your test strips and diabetes medications
• use a new lancet for each blood glucose test
• use a new needle for each injection
• rotate your injection sites as recommended by your health care professional
• dispose of your used needles and strips in the sharps bin provided. Never put them in your general household rubbish

Glucose and ketone​ meters

If your blood glucose meter stops working or is broken at any time, ask your GP surgery or the Diabetes Service for a replacement. If you require a replacement combined glucose and ketone reading meter, ask the Diabetes Service for a replacement. ​​

Sharps bins

New sharps bins can be collected from your pharmacy. When they’re full, return them to the Diabetes Service. Don’t overfill your sharps bin and ensure the lid is securely sealed when you return your full sharps bin to the Diabetes Service. 

This prevents needle stick injuries to anyone handling it.

​Criteria for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems (CGM)

Access to CGM also depends on the following:

• t​​he Diabetes Service will check if you are eligible. Pharmacies can only give out sensors if the Diabetes Service has referred you 
• the Diabetes Service can stop pharmacy supplies if conditions are not met. If your CGM is funded, you must:
• ​complete any training on how to use your device 
• use your CGM sensor at least 70% of the time 
• attend follow up diabetes reviews
• understand that you can only keep using funded CGM if it remains medically suitable and you meet these conditions​

You can find out more about continuous glucose monit​oring and hybrid closed loop for diabetes on the NHS​.​