Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to Personalised Health and Care 2020: Using Data and Technology to Transform Outcomes for Patients and Citizens, published in November 2014, what plans NHS England has to pilot the use of patient-centred outcome measures in diabetes care; and if he will make a statement.

NHS England has not yet made any decisions on the next steps for the patient-centred outcome measures (PCOMs) programme. It is currently assessing the PCOMs children and young people work with a view to deciding where the best applications of PCOMs will be.

Preventing diabetes and promoting the best possible care for people with diabetes is a key priority for this Government. The NHS Five Year Forward View set out a commitment to implement a National Diabetes Prevention Programme to provide lifestyle programmes to pre diabetic patients to reduce the risk of them developing diabetes.

We are also building on the Diabetes Prevention Programme to develop a comprehensive action plan to improve the outcomes of people with and at risk of diabetes.