Oviva Diabetes Remission FAQs

Oviva is a leading provider of NHS services, combining the support of dietitians, diabetes specialist nurses, health coaches and psychologists with technology to make healthcare more convenient and accessible to all.

We blend behaviour change therapy with our unique technology and incredible team to support people to improve their health and better manage their conditions. We partner exclusively with the NHS to offer our programmes across the UK to participants for free. To put it simply, we help people lead healthier and happier lives.

Oviva Diabetes Remission is a 12 month behaviour change programme. Participants will receive personalised support from a health coach who will help them to lose weight, improve their blood glucose levels, reduce their risk of diabetes complications and the number of diabetes medications they need to take, and even put their type 2 diabetes into remission. Participants will have the choice to be matched with either a health coach or a health coach-led support group to help them throughout the journey. They will also have support at regular intervals with a diabetes specialist dietitian. Coaching can be carried out over phone/video calls, or via secure app messaging in the Oviva app.

After confirming eligibility and discussing the service with your patient for the pathway please complete the referral form which is embedded into your clinical system. Oviva can also support case finding to identify and invite eligible participants to join the programme. As part of the referral, the referrer must discuss any medication changes to take place on the first day of TDR and provide written confirmation of these changes to the patient and Oviva (please see the referral form for full information)

Patients can’t self-refer to Oviva Diabetes Remission.

Patients can choose to take part in the programme digitally using our online resources and app, or can access an offline programme if they don’t have a smartphone or would prefer phone calls. Patients are in control of how they’d like to take part and so they can interact with the programme in the best way for them.

Please download the full criteria below:

Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria

Upon starting the 12 month programme, patients will have the choice to be matched with their own personal coach or coach-led support group. Coaching can be carried out over phone, video calls or the Oviva app. They will have an initial consultation with a Diabetes Specialist Dietitian who will help them prepare for the journey ahead, creating a tailored plan. During the initial consultation, patients will find out more about the low calorie diet phase of the programme and their dietitian will be able to answer any questions that they may have. 

Patients will then start the Low Calorie Diet using Total Diet Replacement (TDR) products which lasts for 12 weeks. After this, their dietitian and health coach will help them to reintroduce food over 4 weeks and help build new healthy habits. Patients will be able to use the Oviva app to track weight loss, log their food diary and read weekly resources to help build new healthy habits.

For the remaining 8 months of the programme, patients will work on sustaining these healthy habits to keep weight loss and improvements to their diabetes management, with regular support from their health coach. If they start to regain weight, they will also have the chance to do the refocus stage. 

Patients will be able to use the Oviva app to track their progress, log their food, mood, activity and communicate with their coach. Throughout the 12 month programme, new learning modules and resources on Oviva Learn will be available for patients to read, watch and listen. This will provide them with information on how to help them with making long-term changes to their lifestyle.

Oviva Diabetes Remission is a 12 month programme. 

Our published data from East Riding demonstrated that 93% of people completed the TDR phase and the average weight loss at 12 months was 14.7kg. Diabetes remission was achieved for 63% of people, and on average people reduced their HbA1c by 33%. Finally, the average number of prescriptions stopped per patient was 3.3. 

All Oviva dietitians are registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council and our nutritionists are AfN registered. All members of the team undergo regular quality assurance reviews and receive regular training from our Lead Dietitians and Psychologist.