HEALTH SERVICE JOURNAL - Standardisation of medicine doses enhances safety
WE NEED YOU...TO HELP US DEVELOP AND DELIVER THE BEST COMMUNITY DIABETES SERVICE IN THE WORLD
Within the Spirit family of companies we recently took over the running of a group of GP Practices in Leicester and we are looking to do things differently. We care for over 1,200 people with diabetes and this number is increasing rapidly. The Challenges as we see them: Diabetes is a growing challenge and all practices are under pressure Sub optimal blood glucose control is common within practice populations and this puts additional pressure on NHS resources Compliance within care pathways and treatment plans is often problematic, in fact some people simply don’t turn up for review At the moment we have very limited access to diabetes experts within our practices. This leads to variation in the patient pathway. The experience to start Insulin and GLP1’s is rare in primary care Many people with pre-diabetes are not being identified and are therefore going on to develop full diabetes Many people with existing diabetes have not benefitted from structured dia...
