Type 2 Support Services

In addition to the support you receive from your primary care team, there are services available to help you learn about diabetes and to support you to self manage your diabetes. To find out more, please click on the links below or Call the NHS Grampian Healthpoint team on 08085 202030.

Due to increased demand we are reviewing and redesigning our Weight Management services. We will be adding new services in the future and ask you revisit the website regularly to learn more about these services as they become available.

For more information about Type 2 Diabetes, please click here.

You can self refer to the below: 

Control IT

An interactive group session led by dietitians where you can learn how to better manage your Type 2 diabetes.

Online Healthy Helpings

Online weight management programme to help you
achieve a healthier lifestyle and weight.

Self-management & Emotional Wellbeing

To help you manage your diagnosis, trained psychologists can support you in changing your lifestyle.

Ask your GP practice to be referred to the below: 

Second Nature Weight Management Programme

For applicable adult weight management patients. Second Nature Weight Management  is designed to support you to achieve sustainable weight loss. This programme is suitable for those with or without a diagnosis of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. An optional three month local leisure membership is available for those who wish to improve physical activity levels. Ask your GP Practice to refer you to Adult Weight Management Services to find out if this programme is suitable for you.

Healthy Helpings Online with Dietetic Group Support

We deliver an online programme supported by one of the community dietetic team for those people who do not wish to undertake it by themselves. An optional three month local leisure membership is available for those who wish to improve physical activity levels.

Think Well, Eat Well

Think Well, Eat Well is an NHS Grampian programme delivered by specialist dietitians and psychologists to support people with more complex needs. The programme will help people to make lifestyle and behaviour changes that can improve their relationship with food as well as overall health, wellbeing, and help them achieve a healthier weight.

Counterweight Plus
NHS Grampian clinicians deliver the NHS Scotland approved Counterweight programme. Counterweight Ltd is the service provider and is not part of NHS.
Type 2 diabetes remission through Counterweight Plus for applicable adult weight management patients.  A one – year intensive weight loss programme which aims to help those living with Type 2 Diabetes to achieve and maintain remission. The programme involves three key stages: 
  • Total Diet Replacement of nutritional soups and shakes
  • Food reintroduction
  • Long term weight-loss maintenance
Regular 1:1 and group sessions with one of our specialist dietitians are provided throughout the programme, including the option to receive emotional support from a psychologist. The programme is designed by Counterweight Ltd and based on ground-breaking evidence from the Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DIRECT). 
This service is available free through NHS Grampian, you will need to be referred to the Adult Weight Management Service by your GP to find out if this programme is suitable for you.