Many who have travelled overseas and used the London underground are familiar with the automated voice recording “Mind the Gap” ensuring that no one steps into the danger zone between train and platform. The primary role of the diabetes educator is to safely bridge the gap, between the patient with diabetes who stands on the side doing nothing, and that same patient who now climbs on the train, to a new way of living, with a new mind set and appropriately
empowered to utilise all of the resources available.