With rising demand for services and a shift towards providing care closer to home, primary and community care is increasingly at the forefront of delivering diabetes care.
Use the following resources and tools to improve primary and community care for people with diabetes.
Essential reading
- Best practice in the Delivery of Diabetes Care in the Primary Care Network Guidance (April 2021)
My diabetes, my care: people's experience of community diabetes care and the support they are provided to self-manage their condition, Care Quality Commission website (September 2016)
Improving quality in general practice, The Health Foundation website (November 2014)
A guide to developing and commissioning non-traditional providers to support the self-management of people with long-term conditions, NHS Year of Care (May 2011) (PDF, 799 KB)
Shared practice examples
Improving diabetes management in care homes in Swale, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (June 2016) (PDF, 1.7MB)
How to manage insulin administration in the community (February 2016) (PDF, 242KB)
Diabetes in BME communities: raising awareness, improving outcomes and sharing best practice, Diabetes in BME Communities Working Group (March 2014) (PDF, 425KB)
Social prescribing in City and Hackney to improve the health of isolated over 50s and people with type 2 diabetes, NHS England (2014) (PDF, 628KB)
Resources
Diabetes outcomes versus expenditure (DOVE) tool, Public Health England website
Multidisciplinary team development handbook, NHE England (PDF, 716KB)
Using case finding and risk stratification handbook, NHS England (PDF, 571KB)
Personalised care and support planning handbook, NHS England (PDF, 462KB)
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