{"id":1012,"date":"2025-11-26T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/?page_id=1012"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:21:52","slug":"support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/health-awareness\/type2diabetes\/support\/","title":{"rendered":"Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Additional support options<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-10430\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Support with living with a long-term health condition<\/h2><div id=\"ac-10430\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>The charity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thistle.org.uk\/lifestyle-management-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Thistle<\/strong> offer a Lifestyle Management course<\/a> \u2013 a ten week course to support adults dealing with long-term health conditions and to increase their ability to live as full a life as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To self-refer for support, email <a href=\"mailto:referrals@thistle.org.uk\">referrals@thistle.org.uk<\/a> or call 0131 661 3366.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thistle.org.uk\/support-in-edinburgh-the-lothians-and-fife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thistle Foundation: Support in Edinburgh the Lothians and Fife<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diabetes.org.uk\/support-for-you\/diabetes-uk-in-your-area\/scotland\/helpline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diabetes Scotland helpline<\/a> for information and advice on all aspects of living with diabetes, or just to talk to someone who knows diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monday\u2013Friday, 9am\u20136pm,&nbsp; 01412128710<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-10431\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\"><strong>Support with Money, Income and benefits<\/strong><\/h2><div id=\"ac-10431\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p>If you\u2019re worried about money don\u2019t assume you\u2019re receiving everything you\u2019re entitled to. Your local council team and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cas.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Citizens Advice<\/a> can both help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Midlothian Council<\/strong> Welfare Rights Service offers welfare rights and benefits checks, basic debt and housing advice to assist with money or debt problems. Tel: 0131 271 3594 to make an appointment or Referral via Contact Centre 0131 271 3900.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.midlothian.gov.uk\/info\/200301\/cost_of_living\/645\/support_coping_with_rising_living_costs\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.midlothian.gov.uk\/info\/200301\/cost_of_living\/645\/support_coping_with_rising_living_costs\/3<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Edinburgh<\/strong> Advice Shop<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/benefits-grants\/advice-shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.edinburgh.gov.uk\/benefits-grants\/advice-shop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>East Lothian<\/strong> Financial Inclusion Team<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastlothian.gov.uk\/info\/210626\/welfare_rights\/12090\/welfare_rights_and_advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.eastlothian.gov.uk\/info\/210626\/welfare_rights\/12090\/welfare_rights_and_advice<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>West Lothian<\/strong> Advice Shop<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk\/article\/44640\/Benefits-Advice-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk\/article\/44640\/Benefits-Advice-<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Citizens Advice<\/strong> also offers free and confidential advice on debt, benefits and welfare checks<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cas.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cas.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additional support options<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":1001,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1012","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"davidmcbain","author_link":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/blog\/author\/davidmcbain\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Additional support options","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1012\/revisions\/1043"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nhslothian.scot\/healthinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}