Diabetes

(asked on 15th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) GPs, (b) GP practice nurses, (c) diabetes nurse specialists, (d) diabetologists and (e) psychology and psychiatric specialists on the treatment of Type 1 diabetes in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 23rd October 2018

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a range of diabetes related clinical guidelines for the treatment and care for type 1 diabetes patients:

- NICE NG 3 - Diabetes in pregnancy: management from preconception to the postnatal period. Published February 2015;

- NICE NG 17 - type 1 Diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management. Published August 2015;

- NICE NG 18 - Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management. Published August 2015; and

- NICE NG 19 - Diabetic foot problems: prevention and management. Published August 2015.

Further supporting material for the treatment of type 1 patients can be accessed at the following link:

https://www.nice.org.uk/Search?pa=2&ps=50&q=Diabetes

NHS England also issued advice in January 2018 to support a consistent approach to the availability of blood glucose monitoring systems and related technologies for people with type 1 diabetes at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/blood-glucose-monitoring-systems/

Although this advice was targeted at clinical commissioning groups, consistent approaches will support specialist diabetes staff and primary care staff to effectively manage and support their patients.

NHS England has issued a NHS Right Care diabetes pathway to support local improvement by defining the core components of an optimal diabetes service for people with diabetes which should support better value in terms of outcomes and cost. This is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/rightcare/products/pathways/diabetes-pathway/

On 21 March 2018 NHS England and NHS Improvement, along with the National Collaboration Institute for Mental Health published the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies pathway for people with long-term physical health conditions and medically unexplained symptoms which provides evidence based treatments for people with anxiety and depression (implementing NICE guidelines).

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