Summary of Diabetes UK national questionnaires
as displayed on the Dr Foster website
NR = no response
Questions |
BV&H |
EH |
ETVS |
F&G |
MH |
NF |
NH |
1. Has your PCO appointed a lead/clinical champion for diabetes? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
2. Have you identified your network and its boundaries? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
3. What is the number of PCOs involved in the network? |
1 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4. Does your PCO have a local diabetes implementation or planning group to lead service commissioning? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
5. Does this group involve people living with diabetes? |
Yes - some |
Yes 1 |
Yes - all |
Yes all |
Yes - all |
Yes - most |
Yes-all |
6. Does the PCO have a strategy for early identification of people with diabetes? |
No |
No 2 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
7. Are people diagnosed with diabetes invited to diabetes education sessions with a healthcare professional? |
Yes - some |
Yes 3 |
Yes - all |
Yes all |
Yes - all |
Yes - most |
Yes - most |
8. Is this information provided in different languages? |
NR |
No 4 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
9. Does the register enable call/recall invitations for people with diabetes to attend services? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
10. How often are people recalled for other tests and investigations as part of the annual review? |
NR |
12 or 15 mths 5 |
|
Not known |
NR |
|
NR |
11. Are people with diabetes able to access both routine diabetes care and risk factor monitoring in a single visit, i.e. "one stop shop"? |
NR |
No |
No |
No |
NR |
Yes |
NR |
12. Access on the same day to specialist expertise within primary care, e.g. podiatrist |
NR |
No |
NR |
No |
NR |
Yes |
Not always |
13. Does the PCO have a defined protocol for the transfer of young people with diabetes from paediatric services to adult services? |
NR |
No 6 |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
14. Do you provide foot care clinics for those at high risk of developing lower limb complications? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Additional responses from EHPCT
Podiatrists see all their diabetic patients annually for a risk assessment using a nationally recognised assessment tool. The patients are then seen according to their risk level. Practice nurses and districts nurses also use this assessment tool when reviewing diabetic patients, and a changed score would mean a change in care plan with referral as appropriate.
1. Yes, we have a patient representation on our LIT, drawn from our diabetes service user group.
2. Practices are involved in screening for diabetes
3. Education sessions for newly diagnosed diabetics have recently commenced in the PCT. Sessions are available to all via their practice.
4. Not routinely relevant in EHPCT, but accessible through diabetes centre
5. All patients cared for by their GP practice are seen annually as a minimum. Patients cared for by the diabetes centre are seen approx every 15 months.
6. The PCT does not have a protocol, but the diabetes centre has a young persons / adolescent clinic, and the PCT is working towards a cohesive care pathway for all diabetics which would include this aspect of care
