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pirit Health Group is a
Leicester-based family
of companies. Three
divisions in the group excel
in diabetes products and
education services. First, there's Spirit
Healthcare which supplies products
including blood glucose and ketone
meters and strips, CareSens and TEE2,
as well as the Insupen range of insulin pen
needles. Second, there is Spirit Clinical
Services, which offers the EMPOWER
diabetes education programme. The third
part of Spirit's offering is Spirit Pharmacy,
an online pharmacy that has a particular
specialism in diabetes and offers free
diabetes education and guidance.
Spirit Healthcare was founded in 2009
by Chris Barker, who feels passionately
that healthcare should be easy, accessible
and deliver amazing results. Chris Baker
comments: "Spirit has an extensive
background working in diabetes within
the NHS. We are passionate about
helping people to live better lives and
become healthier and happier. We believe
we can help people, especially those who
live with diabetes, to better manage their
condition by giving them easier access to
the support they need."
Proving that this is indeed the case,
since 2019, Spirit's TEE2 blood glucose
test strips have become the fastest
growing brand across the UK, with patient
feedback highlighting how easy they
are to use, as well as taking advantage
of updated technology and advanced
Bluetooth connectivity to aid monitoring.
Likewise, the Insupen Original pen needles
have been precision engineered to reduce
friction points and pain and come in four
different lengths and gauges to match
patients' needs. With 47% of people
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An update from Chris Baker, founder of Spirit Health Group.
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saying that they would be more likely to
follow their prescribed regime if injections
were less painful , Insupen Original offers
patients and healthcare providers alike
easier healthcare and better outcomes.
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Similarly, the EMPOWER diabetes
education programme is proven to
deliver excellent results, with over 99% of
attendees saying they would recommend
it to family and friends . EMPOWER has
just been re-accredited with the QISMET
certification, a quality standard specifically
for diabetes education that covers all
aspects of managing and running high
quality education programmes that meet
NICE and all other national requirements.
Traditionally a face-to-face
programme, during the COVID-19
lockdown, Spirit was able to make
EMPOWER available as a fully online
service in just three weeks and started
running its first remote courses in
additional languages in July, helping
educate patients with Type 2 diabetes
who may not have English as their primary
language. Expanding upon EMPOWER's
accessibility, the virtual education course
(also delivered in Gujarati, Hindi and Urdu).
Finally, Spirit Pharmacy offers free
diabetes support, easy online prescription
ordering with free delivery and automatic
order reminders, all designed to make
it easier for patients to manage their
diabetes. Patients who choose Spirit
Pharmacy will benefit from the knowledge
and expertise of qualified pharmacists
with a special interest in diabetes, offering
prescription dispensing and advice
services wihile being online.
www.spirit-health.co.uk
TOP: Founder Chris Baker.
CENTRE: Pharmacist Zara Syed.