Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers welcome their first P2 Chat visitor, to the program. Just back from her second JDRF fundraising walk, Eliza Bartlett joins the chat to share the challenges, inspirations and sheer diabetes logistics of walking with a backpack from Southern Italy to Scotland when you have type 1 diabetes. Eliza will inspire you to donate (www.elizabartlettjdrfwalk.com) and help her to achieve her $100,000 JDRF fundraising target from the walk of a lifetime. First published 20/11/2019 ..read more

Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers chat on therapeutic inertia ... or in other words ... the 'non-compliance' of doctors to adequately prescribe and titrate or de-prescribe diabetes medications to help people with diabetes achieve their glycaemic targets. Oh ... the irony! www.edhealth.com.au and search 'P2 Podcast' for additional resources on this topic. First published 24/10/2019 ..read more

Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers chat about the reasons why there's a difference of opinion between GPs and CDEs on the role of blood glucose monitoring for people with type 2 diabetes not at risk of severe hypoglycaemia. The humble finger-pricking device is also a focus this edition, as Jayne and Kirrily chat about decreasing the discomfort of finger-pricking. Extra information found on their website: https://www.edhealth.com.au/consulting/power-of-2-diabetes-consultancy/p2-podcast/ Originally published 3/10/2019 ..read more

Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily get their chat-on unravelling the evolving issues around euglycaemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis in people with type 2 diabetes taking a SGLT2 and advice for preparing for a colonoscopy. Originally published 25/9/2019 ..read more

Power of 2's Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers share their very own diabetes emergency during their time in Sydney for the Australasian Diabetes Congress et al.    Did Jayne pass her Masterclass test?   Plus ... they get their chat on discussing 'the diabetic foot' and a need to take a radically new approach to the preventing the annual estimated 4,400 amputations in people with diabetes. Listening time: 30 minutes. First published 11/9/2019 ..read more

This episode of P2 Diabetes Chat, Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers chat about continuous glucose monitoring. Novice Chatsters will enjoy the overview of the three systems available in Australia, their differences and the basics of what they bring to the lives of people with diabetes. Expert Chatsters will love the way P1 and P2 bring new meaning to analogies as education strategies. Of course, we can't forget Kirrily's Swiss Cheese theory of continuous glucose monitoring. This will go down as the most inspiring insight for 2023 in this year's 'Annual of Diabetes Self Management Education ..read more

Jayne Lehmann (RN and CDE) and Kirrily Chambers (Pharmacist and CDE) explore the inaccessibility of health services and how it contributes to the 20 - 32 year shorter life expectancy of people with intellectual disability, like Jayne's daughter, Sarah. Hear about the light bulb moment Kirrily gave Jayne when she was packing Sarah's Webster Packs after Sarah left home ... You will be shocked, and just a little amazed, by the insights P1 and P2 reveal during their chat, that includes statistics from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's report on Medicine Safety: Disability Care. Jayne puts ..read more

P1 and P2 are back and chatting about the elephants in the room created by the worldwide shortage of GLP1 receptor agonists. Never afraid to tread where others fear, Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers are on a mission to unmask the reality these shortages have created for people with diabetes, those trying to lose weight and their health professionals. Lots of practical actions for people to take in reaching out and following through to get these people back on track with their glucose management and weight management. You really want to hear this one ... trunk ..read more

Australian Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers chat about Kirrily's recent Ambulance callout. Along the way, they reflect on the way COVID's placing a premium on hospital beds, the flow-on impact on Ambulance services, Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments and what you can expect if you manage to get taken to A&E. This leads them to ask the question: Do people with diabetes need to re-visit their sick day plans to stay safe when they are sick? First published 18/5/2022 ..read more

Once again Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann (RN) and Kirrily Chambers (Pharmacist) (AKA P1 and P2) get their chat on about non-medical prescribing, prompted by Queensland's planned trial of prescribing for pharmacists. Our intrepid duo move onto the challenges many Credentialled Diabetes Educators face in the course of their work around medications and the challenge this causes around scope of practice for the range of health professions making up the Credentialled Diabetes Educator workforce. Oh ... and Jayne coins a new word ... 'Departmentable', which she gifts to Kirrily. Fir ..read more