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Southampton Clinicians To Offer Free Screenings For Cricket Fans At The Ageas Bowl
Southampton Clinicians To Offer Free Screenings For Cricket Fans At The Ageas Bowl
Fans attending this Friday's Vitality Blast fixture against Somerset will be able to receive a free medical screening
Southampton clinicians will screen cricket fans for diabetes for the first time in the UK when Hampshire host Somerset in the Vitality Blast at the The Ageas Bowl on Friday 9th August.
The event, held in conjunction with University Hospital Southampton, follows a successful pilot at St Mary’s stadium in February when Southampton FC took on Cardiff City, with more than 100 football supporters tested prior to kick off.
The concept, developed by Dr Mike Sadler a clinical non-executive director at University Hospital Southampton, enables specialist doctors and nurses to identify a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes within five minutes.
Fans of all ages and genders from both teams will be offered the opportunity to give a finger prick blood sample to measure HbA1c, which is a marker of how much sugar (glucose) has been in the blood over the last two to three months. This will highlight whether or not a person is at risk of type 2 diabetes or likely to have it and if needed, they will be given a letter to give to their GP along with advice on the next steps.
Screenings, which will be carried out by clinicians from UHS, Solent NHS Trust and the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation, is being funded by a national newspaper and supported by the The Ageas Bowl.
We are delighted to be able to accommodate this important screening programme, not least because it fits perfectly with one of the key aims of Hampshire Cricket in the Community which is to help improve the wellbeing of people in our community. Helping to identify those with and at risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes is a great way of achieving that aim
Stuart Robertson, Hampshire Cricket in the Community Director
Our pilot at Southampton FC in February was an overwhelming success and it proved an innovative way to try to capture some of those people who may be at increased risk of developing diabetes but do not attend testing with their GP. It is possible to live undiagnosed with type 2 diabetes for months as it does not always cause symptoms but it can cause internal damage, so ensuring diagnosis as early as possible is imperative.
Dr Patel, University Hospital Southampton Diabetes Consultant
When we performed this type of screening project at St Mary’s in February it was a UK first for football and now we will be following that up with a first for cricket. As before, this wouldn't be possible without the support of the diabetes teams at UHS and Solent NHS Trust, the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation and The Ageas Bowl, where staff have been so accommodating.
UHS Non-Executive Director
All screenings will take place in The Hambledon Suite at The Ageas Bowl from 5.30pm on Friday.
