Australians dwelling with or prone to creating sort 2 diabetes will, for the primary time, have free entry to a strong new AI-driven prevention software, as Diabetes Australia launches a digital well being pilot in partnership with UK-based DDM Well being.
The platform, recognized regionally as GroAus, harnesses synthetic intelligence and behavioural science to ship personalised well being teaching. For individuals dwelling with sort 2 diabetes this help might help forestall critical problems, and for individuals at excessive danger of sort 2 diabetes it will probably assist forestall the situation from creating.
The six-month pilot is one among 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 mentioned it is a game-changing partnership for Australia.
“We face a kind 2 diabetes epidemic and GroAus is a software we will use to assist cease it in its tracks.
“By placing confirmed, personalised instruments straight into individuals’s fingers, we will help individuals dwelling with sort 2 diabetes to scale back their danger of creating problems,” Ms Cain mentioned.
Each eight minutes, an Australian is recognized with sort 2 diabetes. Until pressing motion is taken, an estimated 3.2 million Australians might be dwelling with sort 2 diabetes by 2050.
“GroAus provides individuals the help they should make significant modifications, whether or not they’re prone to sort 2 diabetes or on the lookout for help to handle their situation,” Ms Cain mentioned.
GroAus is predicated 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 consumer satisfaction. The platform is constructed on in depth 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 mentioned, “We’re extremely excited to be working with Diabetes Australia on this partnership. GroAus is about placing evidence-based, sensible instruments into individuals’s fingers in a manner that’s inclusive, empowering and actually private. This pilot is a strong alternative to be taught, hear and form the way forward for diabetes help collectively.”
Delivered through app and web site, GroAus affords:
- Personalised, AI-driven teaching on diet, bodily exercise, sleep and psychological wellbeing
- Self-management instruments to trace weight loss plan, motion, and temper
- Interactive training and skilled recommendation from clinicians and nutritionists
- Behavioural change help to assist customers keep on observe
Amongst members who full this system, worldwide research present:
- 1 in 4 obtain sort 2 diabetes remission
- 54% scale back or remove treatment
- 6.5% common sustained weight reduction at one 12 months
- 31% scale back stress signs
- 8% report improved high quality of life
All GroAus customers concerned within the pilot will even be invited to obtain automated membership to Diabetes YOUnited, Diabetes Australia’s free nationwide program supporting Australians dwelling with or prone to diabetes.
Diabetes Australia will consider well being outcomes all through the pilot and develop suggestions for a possible Part 2 rollout nationwide. The pilot will initially be obtainable for a restricted variety of individuals.
About Us
Diabetes Australia is the nationwide organisation supporting all individuals dwelling 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 dwell more healthy, happier lives – and we’re hoping to take care of 1 million individuals by 2026. We’re dedicated to utilizing expertise to make healthcare extra accessible, equitable, and efficient.
*NICE: Nationwide Institute for Well being and Care Excellence
*QISMET: High quality Institute of Self-Administration, Training and Coaching
