DIABETES

Six years on: delivering the Diabetes National Service Framework (16th February 2010)
The Diabetes National Service Framework (NSF) set out the first ever set of national standards for the treatment and care of people with diabetes. The report reviews the development and delivery of diabetes services and identifies the progress made over the past six years towards meeting the Diabetes NSF.
Report

DIABETES

Care recommendation: aspiring treatment in diabetes (22nd October 2009)
The use of antiplatelet agents such as aspirin has been shown to reduce the chance of future cardiovascular events in people who have both diabetes and established cardiovascular disease (includes heart disease, stroke/TIA and peripheral vascular disease). This guidance recommends that people with diabetes who have established cardiovascular disease should be offered aspirin treatment, in addition to following a healthy lifestyle.
Guidance

DIABETES

International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2009 (September 2009)
The 2009 ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines have now been published as a compendium in a Supplement to Pediatric Diabetes. The guidelines, which have been updated and are available as individual documents include:

• Definition, epidemiology, diagnosis and classification
• Monogenic diabetes
• Management of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes
• Nutritional management
• Psychological issues

Guidelines

PUBLIC HEALTH

APHO Technical Briefing 6: Using small area data in public health intelligence (31st August 2009)
In this briefing, from the Association of Public Health Observatories, they assess the types of small area data available to analysts and local policy makers across the UK and Ireland, reflecting, as much as possible, the differences between the constituent nations. A range of analytical and presentational methods that may be used and some of the analytical issues that may be encountered are described.
Briefing

Violence Prevention: The Evidence. (17th September 2009)
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centre for Public Health have produced a series of eight briefings. The series summarises the evidence for interventions to prevent interpersonal and self-directed violence, providing clear directions for how violence prevention funders, policy makers and programme implementers can boost the impact of their violence prevention efforts.
Violence prevention: the evidence. Overview
Reducing violence through victim identification, care and support programmes
Changing cultural and social norms that support violence
Promoting gender equality to prevent violence against women
Guns, knives and pesticides: reducing access to lethal means
Preventing violence by reducing the availability and harmful use of alcohol
Preventing violence by developing life skills in children and adolescents
Preventing violence through the development of safe, stable and nurturing relationships between children and their parents and caregivers

Sustainable plastic usage and public health. Fact sheet 5 (25th September 2009)
This fact sheet examines both the public health benefits and issues associated with our addiction to plastics
Fact sheet

ARTICLE - Identifying primary care patients at risk for future diabetes and cardiovascular disease using electronic health records (22nd September 2009)
Prevention of diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) is possible but identification of at-risk patients for targeting interventions is a challenge in primary care. This study looked at the electronic health record (EHR) data for 122,715 patients from 12 primary care practices. After excluding patients with diabetes/CHD at baseline 78,293 patients were eligible for analysis.
Article

DIABETES

Diabetes support literature specifically designed for different age groups (11th August 2009)
BD Medical - Diabetes Care, a unit of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the full UK availability of its new patient support literature in versions designed specifically for different age groups.

The guides clearly and simply describe best practice for blood sampling and self-injection of insulin using language and imagery appropriate for each age group: children; teenagers; adults and older patients.
Information
Growing up with diabetes

DIABETES

National Diabetes Audit 2007/08 (July 2009)
Sixty per cent of the 1.42 million people with diabetes in England included in the latest National Diabetes Audit do not receive all the care recommended for their condition.

The fifth national audit, carried out by The NHS Information Centre in 2007/08 and funded and commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), also shows people with diabetes are more likely to have complications if they live in certain parts of the country or have a more socially deprived background.
Key findings about the quality of care for people with diabetes in England and Wales
Key findings about the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes in England and Wales

STATISTICS

Statutory Homelessness: 1st Quarter (January to March) 2009, England (11th June 2009)

Prescribing for Diabetes in England: An Update 2002-2008 (11th June 2009)

Attitudes to mental illness 2009 research report (12th June 2009)

Report on the experience of patients in Black and Minority Ethnic groups, based on data up to and including 2008 patient surveys (11th June 2009)

Patient experience PSA scores update based on data up to and including 2008 patient surveys (11th June 2009)

Diabetes in the UK 2009: Key statistics on Diabetes (June 2009)

Latest healthcare associated infection figures published by Health Protection Agency (18th June 2009)

Ambulance Services, England 2008-2009 (18th June 2009)

NHS Referral to Treatment Waiting Times - April 2009 (18th June 2009)

Labour Market Statistics - June 2009 (17th June 2009)

Labour Market Statistics - North West, June 2009 (17th June 2009) (zip file)

Focus on Children (11th June 2009)

DIABETES

Diabetes guide for London (30th March 2009)
Diabetes is a major health issue for London, costing the NHS about £3million per day and affecting more than 350,000 people. Healthcare for London have announced plans to ensure that everyone with diabetes in London receives world class care. The guide sets out a plan to transfor diabetes care in the capital over the next three years, improving the standard of care provided, saving lives and reducing disabilities.
Guide

Minding the gap. The provision of psychological support and care for people with diabetes in the UK (April 2009)
According to this report, from Diabetes UK, around 85% of adults with diabetes in the UK lack access to specialist psychological support and care. It forund that only 25% of diabetes services can name and supply contact details for people who provide specialist psychological care.

Report

Growing up with Diabetes: children and young people with diabetes in England (8th April 2009)
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has found that almost 23,000 children and young people have diabetes in England - a figure higher than previous estimates. This snapshot survey gives accurate numbers of children and young people under the age of 18 with diabetes of any type in England.
Report

DIABETES

Five years on: delivering the diabetes national service framework (20th August 2008)
The Diabetes National Service Framework (NSF) set out the first ever set of national standards for the care of people with diabetes. This report highlights progress over the first five years of the NSF Delivery Strategy; marking the half-way point of the implementation period.
Report

DIABETES

The National Service Framework (NSF) for Diabetes. Five Years on…are we half way there? (23rd April 2008)
In 2003, the National Service Framework (NSF) for Diabetes set out a vision for diabetes services in England to be delivered by 2013. Half way through the ten-year plan, the Diabetes UK report reviews the NHS's progress in achieving person-centred, co-ordinated care that aims to ensure fewer people develop diabetes and better care for those who have the condition.
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