Gill Hopkins is the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme Project Lead for Mid & South Essex, working at Provide Community Interest Company. Gill has been project lead since February 2019, promoting the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme to practices in the ICS and supporting them to make referrals to the programme. Gill works alongside the provider Reed Wellbeing, the ICS’ NHS DPP alliance leads and its’ Diabetes Quality Network in developing ways to establish and progress the NHS DPP in M&SE. Prior to this, Gill worked as a Health & Wellbeing Practitioner for 6 years delivering NHS adult weight management programmes in Essex for NELFT and ACE Lifestyle.