DRWF Events: Simple to use, discreet and injection free – introducing tubeless insulin delivery systems

Following the recent United Through Diabetes educational event we are sharing a series of interviews from the day with leading healthcare professionals and people working in diabetes.

We hope everyone who attended the recent United Through Diabetes event had a great day with us and went home with the tools, knowledge, practical skills, and confidence to enhance your diabetes self-management and overall health and wellbeing.

The event Digital Hub provides an opportunity to recap on content from the day, plus access even more content to help you manage your diabetes – for both attendees and those who were not able to attend but would like to find out more.

DRWF interviews from United Through Diabetes: Camille Warren, Clinical Services Manager at Insulet.

Camille attended United Through Diabetes on behalf of event sponsors Insulet. Her role at the organisation involves supporting people with type 1 diabetes who are using their continuous glucose monitoring device (CGM), the Omnipod – a tubeless insulin delivery system.

Camile said: “I cover the north of London and my role is to support people going on to Omnipod and to support the clinicians who, in turn, are supporting people using the system day-to-day. It is a varied role with the education and training that I do, which is great.

“The Omnipod is a really simple system to use. It is a three-day pod, so it takes up to 200 units of insulin. That can be variable depending on your individual insulin requirements. Once you fill it, you pair it with what we call a controller.

“We call the Omnipod DASH a PDM (personal diabetes manager) and the devices talk to each other via Bluetooth. You wear the pod on the body and it is tubeless. You can wear it on the arms, legs, tummy, lower back, and it will automatically deliver tiny pulses of insulin. When people want to eat or if they want to correct a glucose level, for example, they would pick up their controller and they would put their carbs. The pod delivers the necessary insulin automatically.”

The system offers an injection-free method of insulin delivery for people with type 1 diabetes.

Camille said: “It's a very discreet system to use. The controller just looks like a mobile phone, so it's very discreet. I think that is a big attraction for people using this type of system.”

Of the United Through Diabetes event Camille said: “It has been an amazing event. It was my first time attending and supporting and it was great. There were some great conversations and lots of really useful exhibits with lots of useful information.”

Thank you for listening to this Living With Diabetes special podcast report from United Through Diabetes 2024, presented by Claire Levy and brought to you by DRWF.

Visit the DRWF United Through Diabetes Digital Hub for more information and resources from the day

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