Are you on the move with Type 1 Diabetic? If so, you probably have a lot of questions. Rest assured, you are in the right place.

I was in the same boat. Most diabetics who have been abroad recognise the thoughts "Will this be enough insulin for the whole trip?", "What if I run out of XYZ equipment?", and "What if the security personal at the airport don't know what T1D is?".

I have studied in Scotland for four years and one year in Paris. I have travelled the world so I have learned how to speak to the airport security about my insulin pump (don't say the Spanish word for insulin pump at an airport..). But the intricacies of transitioning from one healthcare service to another was something else.

When I started working on this website I was about to move to London to start my PhD. With a commitment of living outside of Sweden for more than a year, it meant giving up the Swedish healthcare system I know so well and deep-dive into one I know very little about.

Hopefully, I can shed some light on what to do and what not to do and help you make fewer mistakes than I did. That's my plan at least. To provide unique insights into a poorly documented process, namely what it means to move abroad with Type 1 Diabetes, with a specific focus on the UK.