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(08) 6110 0570admin@pdchealthhub.com.auWe screen for diabetes alongside Lions clubs, provide the medical team for Camp Quokka, work with Perth Airport and Diabetes Australia on fairer security screening for diabetes technology, speak up against diabetes stigma, run education events for the community and for health professionals, and host student placements across seven disciplines.
Diabetes Australia estimates that up to 500,000 Australians are living with type 2 diabetes that has not yet been diagnosed. Finding it early, making diabetes technology easier to live with in public places, and changing how people talk about diabetes all happen out in the community. This is the work our team does beyond our clinics, most of it alongside partners we have worked with for years.
PHOTO NEEDED · PDC clinicians at a Lions community screening table, talking with a member of the public, Lions banner soft in the background. Landscape. Signed consent from everyone identifiable.
Quick type 2 diabetes risk checks at fairs, markets and community days, run with Lions clubs across Western Australia and led by our clinicians.
A retreat in Augusta for adults living with diabetes, hosted by Lions. We are the medical team, and the clinical governance and safety planning behind every camp are ours.
Fairer airport screening for diabetes technology, stigma-free language, and education events for the community and for health professionals.
Lions clubs across Western Australia have made diabetes one of their causes, and we have screened alongside them for years. They bring the crowd and the community spirit; we bring the clinicians, the questionnaires and the equipment. Hundreds of people have been checked this way, and it is not unusual for someone to stop for a chat and leave with a good reason to see their GP.
From the Dunsborough Lions Easter Fair to local markets and shows, screening comes to where people already are. No appointment is needed and a check takes a few minutes.
Screening is run by our clinicians, including Credentialled Diabetes Educators, so a question about diabetes gets a proper answer on the spot, not just a pamphlet.
Everyone leaves knowing their result and what to do with it. Screening finds risk; it does not diagnose diabetes, so a high score means a blood test arranged by your GP.
Camp Quokka is a retreat in Augusta for adults living with diabetes, hosted by Lions. It is often a weekend and sometimes longer. PDC Health Hub provides the medical team and the clinical governance around it, so campers can hike, fish, sit by the fire and stay up for games night knowing the diabetes side has been thought through before anyone gets on the bus.
Insulin pumps and glucose sensors should make life easier, not turn an airport queue into an ordeal. When our clients told us about intrusive questions, staff unsure about their devices and screening that changed from one trip to the next, we took it to Perth Airport, and then to the national level.
No one living with diabetes should feel ashamed, blamed, dismissed or excluded because of it. Stigma shows up in everyday conversation, in the media, at work, in healthcare and even within the diabetes community. We launched our Diabetes Community Commitment in National Diabetes Week 2025, and we hold ourselves to it in every appointment, every event and every word we publish. The short video below shows the emotional side of living with diabetes that stigma makes harder.
Events where people living with diabetes, their families and anyone curious can learn from clinicians, try the technology and meet others. Every event is listed on our events page with its date, cost and how to register.
Our biggest day of the year, held around World Diabetes Day: expert talks, technology demonstrations, free health checks and the PDC Diabetes Summit. The 2026 Expo is on Saturday 14 November at Boola Katitjin, Murdoch University.
One topic, covered properly, in an evening. Diabetes and Travel: Ready for Take-Off was held at Perth Airport in April 2026 and covered security, time zones and managing technology in transit.
PDC Collective and PDC Mums & Bumps bring people living with diabetes together, and our open days introduce the wider allied health team.
Better diabetes care in the community depends on everyone who sees a person living with diabetes. We run education evenings for GPs, practice nurses and allied health colleagues, built around the questions practices actually ask us.
Making the most of chronic condition management plans, group allied health referrals, billing and multidisciplinary case conferences. Our most recent evening was at our Joondalup clinic in May 2026.
The GP and our clinicians around one person's plan, at the same time. How they run, who takes part and how they are billed is set out on our referrers pages.
Sessions for health professionals are marked on our events page. Email admin@pdchealthhub.com.au and we will tell you when the next one is announced.
We host clinical placements for students across seven disciplines, so the next generation of clinicians learns what multidisciplinary diabetes and allied health care looks like in practice. Students work alongside our registered clinicians and are supervised by someone from their own profession.
Plain answers about community screening, Camp Quokka, travelling with diabetes technology, the language we use and our events.
No. Screening estimates your risk of type 2 diabetes. A high score means your GP should arrange a blood test, and diabetes is only diagnosed on a laboratory result. If you already live with diabetes, the screening table is still a good place to ask a Credentialled Diabetes Educator a question.
Camp Quokka is for adults living with diabetes. It is hosted by Lions, with PDC Health Hub as the medical team. Email admin@pdchealthhub.com.au to register your interest, and we will contact you when dates and the venue are confirmed.
Our clinicians are the medical team for the whole camp, however long it runs. Before camp we review the health information you give us, and during camp the team is on hand for hypos, adjusting insulin around activity and meals, and anything else that comes up. Camp runs under our clinical governance framework, the same one behind our accredited clinical services.
Follow your device manufacturer's advice; some advise against body scanners or X-ray. If that applies to you, tell the screening officer before screening starts and carry a letter from your health professional. Since 1 February 2025, officers must offer a private screening room before secondary screening, and must not remove or interfere with your device. You will still be screened, by another method.
Ask calmly for a supervisor, and afterwards give feedback to the airport and to Diabetes Australia, which collects travellers' experiences to improve screening. You are welcome to tell us too. Feedback from our own clients is what started our work with Perth Airport.
Words shape how people feel about their diabetes and whether they seek care. We follow Diabetes Australia's Our Language Matters position statement: language that is neutral, free of judgement, based on facts and puts the person first. Our Diabetes Community Commitment, launched in National Diabetes Week 2025, sets out the rest.
Costs vary by event. Our peer support sessions are free, and the 2026 PDC Diabetes & Health Expo is $12, or $20 including lunch. Every event page lists its own cost and how to register.
Yes. Our GP and practice nurse evenings are designed for you, and health professionals are welcome at our community events too. Sessions for professionals are marked as such on our events page.
Email admin@pdchealthhub.com.au or call (08) 6110 0570 with your event, the date and how many people you expect, and we will talk through screening, a talk or a stand. Workplace, campus and mine site screening is covered on our Health Screening page.
Invite us to screen at your next event, register your interest in Camp Quokka, or come along to an education evening. Our team will help you find the right next step.
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Phone (08) 6110 0570 · admin@pdchealthhub.com.au · Screening, camps, advocacy and education across Western Australia
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