Diabetes Services

Manning River Pharmacy is part of the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS).

This is an initiative of the Australia Government administered by Diabetes Australia.

The NDSS delivers diabetes-related products at subsidised prices and provides information and support services to people with diabetes.

Registration is free and open to all Australians diagnosed with diabetes.

Manning River Pharmacy is a National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) access point. You can purchase NDSS products, lodge your registration form, and receive advice on Diabetes.

What is Diabetes?

Diabetes is a chronic disease.  This means that it lasts for a long time, often for someone's whole life.

For our bodies to work properly we need to convert glucose (sugar) from food into energy. A hormone called insulin is essential for the conversion of glucose into energy.

In people with diabetes, insulin is no longer produced or not produced in sufficient amounts by the body.

So when people with diabetes eat glucose, which is in foods such as breads, cereals, fruit and starchy vegetables, legumes, milk, yoghurt and sweets, it can’t be converted into energy.  Instead of being turned into energy the glucose stays in the blood. This is why blood glucose levels are higher in people with diabetes.

Glucose is carried around your body in your blood. Your blood glucose level is called glycaemia.

Contact us here for more information on diabetes management.