National Diabetes Audit 2013-2014 and 2014-2015

[AndBreathe]

Catchy title, non?

Hot off the press, I thought this might be of interest to many of us.

https://www.diabetes.org.uk/Upload/nati-diab-rep1-audi-2013-15.pdf

Enjoy !

 

[SamJB]

Unfortunately, there's an error in the article. The NDA did have different HbA1c treatment targets to NICE. On page 24 we state that the NICE target is 58 mmol/mol, when actually it's 48. I've asked our reporters to correct it.

The actual attainment figures for NICE targets (48 mmol/mol) are: Type 1s 9%, Type 2s 29%.

There are minor improvements to HbA1c target attainment each year, but nothing to get excited about. The reports all show that diabetic care in the UK is not good enough. I expect that this would come to no surprise to many of the people on here.

 

[AndBreathe]

Unfortunately, there's an error in the article. The NDA did have different HbA1c treatment targets to NICE. On page 24 we state that the NICE target is 58 mmol/mol, when actually it's 48. I've asked our reporters to correct it.

The actual attainment figures for NICE targets (48 mmol/mol) are: Type 1s 9%, Type 2s 29%.

There are minor improvements to HbA1c target attainment each year, but nothing to get excited about. The reports all show that diabetic care in the UK is not good enough. I expect that this would come to no surprise to many of the people on here.

Thanks for pointing that out Sam.

I'll get my dose of depression (read the full report) later.

 

[tim2000s]

Yup, I've summarised it on my blog here. The biggest failure is probably the Primary Critical Care processes. They aren't getting to Under 40s and the number being completed has actually reduced. Given that only 38% of T1s and 59% of T2s are getting these, there are an awful lot of people going under the radar who are likely to suffer very unpleasant results.

The one bright spot is the increase in structured education on offer. This has increased dramatically, although participation rates are low amongst T1s.