Australians residing with or prone to growing kind 2 diabetes will, for the primary time, have free entry to a strong new AI-driven prevention instrument, as Diabetes Australia launches a digital well being pilot in partnership with UK-based DDM Well being.
The platform, recognized domestically as GroAus, harnesses synthetic intelligence and behavioural science to ship personalised well being teaching. For individuals residing with kind 2 diabetes this help may also help stop critical issues, and for individuals at excessive danger of kind 2 diabetes it might probably assist stop the situation from growing.
The six-month pilot is one in all Diabetes Australia’s flagship initiatives for Nationwide Diabetes Week (13 – 19 July 2025) and alerts a daring shift towards scalable, digital-first prevention methods.
Diabetes Australia Group CEO Justine Cain stated it is a game-changing partnership for Australia.
“We face a kind 2 diabetes epidemic and GroAus is a instrument we are able to use to assist cease it in its tracks.
“By placing confirmed, personalised instruments immediately into individuals’s palms, we are able to help individuals residing with kind 2 diabetes to cut back their danger of growing issues,” Ms Cain stated.
Each eight minutes, an Australian is identified with kind 2 diabetes. Except pressing motion is taken, an estimated 3.2 million Australians may very well be residing with kind 2 diabetes by 2050.
“GroAus offers individuals the help they should make significant modifications, whether or not they’re prone to kind 2 diabetes or in search of help to handle their situation,” Ms Cain stated.
GroAus relies on the award-winning Gro Well being platform, which is NICE-recommended, QISMET-accredited, and already built-in into the UK’s Nationwide Well being Service.
Backed by over a dozen peer-reviewed research, Gro Well being has demonstrated clinically significant enhancements in weight reduction, HbA1c and psychological wellbeing, together with excessive person satisfaction. The platform is constructed on intensive affected person involvement and co-design and GroAus has been localised for the Australian inhabitants in alignment with nationwide dietary tips and cultural wants.
DDM COO Charlotte Summers stated, “We’re extremely excited to be working with Diabetes Australia on this partnership. GroAus is about placing evidence-based, sensible instruments into individuals’s palms in a approach that’s inclusive, empowering and actually private. This pilot is a strong alternative to be taught, pay attention and form the way forward for diabetes help collectively.”
Delivered by way of app and web site, GroAus affords:
- Personalised, AI-driven teaching on diet, bodily exercise, sleep and psychological wellbeing
- Self-management instruments to trace food plan, motion, and temper
- Interactive schooling and knowledgeable recommendation from clinicians and nutritionists
- Behavioural change help to assist customers keep on observe
Amongst contributors who full this system, worldwide research present:
- 1 in 4 obtain kind 2 diabetes remission
- 54% scale back or get rid of medicine
- 6.5% common sustained weight reduction at one yr
- 31% scale back stress signs
- 8% report improved high quality of life
All GroAus customers concerned within the pilot may even be invited to obtain automated membership to Diabetes YOUnited, Diabetes Australia’s free nationwide program supporting Australians residing with or prone to diabetes.
Diabetes Australia will consider well being outcomes all through the pilot and develop suggestions for a possible Section 2 rollout nationwide. The pilot will initially be out there for a restricted variety of individuals.
About Us
Diabetes Australia is the nationwide organisation supporting all individuals residing with or prone to diabetes. We put individuals first. We work in collaboration with member organisations, customers, well being professionals, state-based diabetes organisations, researchers and the neighborhood.
DDM Well being is a data-driven digital well being and digital care firm that’s on a mission to empower individuals to stay more healthy, happier lives – and we’re hoping to take care of 1 million individuals by 2026. We’re dedicated to utilizing know-how to make healthcare extra accessible, equitable, and efficient.
*NICE: Nationwide Institute for Well being and Care Excellence
*QISMET: High quality Institute of Self-Administration, Schooling and Coaching