Diabetes and Primary Care back issues from September 2008:
Diabetes in later life--a time for pragmatism.(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The largest rise in the prevalence and incidence of diabetes is among the older population, due to both the changing demographic--with increased numbers of older people--and the increasing prevalence of diabetes in that group. Approximately 6.9% of Caucasian older people have undiagnosed ...
Targeted diabetes education for care home teams.
Sep 01, 2008; ... Following an audit of care homes in Devon in 2001, which revealed significant gaps in care, a multidisciplinary team of diabetes experts in the South West developed guidelines and clinical standards of care for people with diabetes in care homes. Subsequently the Pan-Peninsula Diabetes ...
Speaking the same language? Contrasting provider and patient definitions of good diabetes control.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The development of an effective patient-primary care provider (PCP) partnership is important in improving diabetes outcomes. Differences in the definition of what constitutes 'good diabetes control' in the eyes of people with diabetes and PCPs, and the perceived obstacles to achieving such ...
How can pharmacists improve diabetes care?(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Diabetes management is an excellent example of multidisciplinary team-working. The pharmacist is an important part of the diabetes team but has generally been less visible than other healthcare professionals in diabetes care.This may be because pharmacists run their businesses in working ...
Addressing the importance of pharmacy in diabetes care.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... There have been many changes in England recently, with the new contractual arrangements in community pharmacies, the development of the pharmacist with a special interest (PwSI) competency, consultant pharmacists and the advent of independent prescribing. This article explores whether any ...
Diabetes education in primary care: "Target sessions".(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... There is increasing evidence that the onset of type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed (Tuomilehto et al, 2001). The active involvement of people with diabetes, inclusive of family and carers in the provision of their own care is a crucial element of good diabetes care. This article ...
Diabetes and the crimes of Procrustes.(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Everyone needs to be shoehorned in to a box these days. You can't just be poorly, you need to have a "non-specific viral illness". The requirements of the all-powerful Quality and Outcomes Framework have made it a necessity for everything to be coded, and for diabetes it is no different. ...
Beyond 'type 1' and 'type 2': diagnosing different forms of diabetes.(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... This article considers the diagnosis of some of the rarer causes of diabetes with the aim of summarising the important diagnostic clues that suggest a newly presenting, or established, case of diabetes in the surgery may not be typical type 1 or 2 diabetes. As the range of diagnostic ...
Diabetes control and beyond; A report from the second national conference for intermediate diabetes Care teams--with a special focus on the role of GPSIs, which took place on 25 June 2008 at the national motorcycle museum, Birmingham. The event was supported by unrestricted educational grants from accu-chek and Novo nordisk.(MEETING REPORT)(Conference news)(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Introduction Good glycaemic control is the cornerstone of diabetes management. Achieving this takes time and effort on the part of both the individual with the condition and their healthcare professional. In order to optimise glycaemic control, the right regimen must be employed ...
Metabolic syndrome: a risk factor for myocardial infarction and diabetes in young Britons.(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... The metabolic syndrome is increasingly being recognised as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease and diabetes in the young. However, there are limited published data on this phenomenon among the young British population. We conducted an observational study and showed the presence ...