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A mobile screening programme for the cardiovascular and microvascular complications of Type 2 diabetes in primary care
Author(s) -
Sampson M. J.,
Barrie P.,
Dozio N.,
Flatman M.,
HadleyBrown M.,
Harvey I.,
Heyburn P. J.,
Jones C.,
Mann R.,
Temple R. C.,
Greenwood R. H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
diabetic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1464-5491
pISSN - 0742-3071
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01389.x
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , retinopathy , national service framework , smoking cessation , disease , family medicine , quality and outcomes framework , diabetic retinopathy , primary care physician , intensive care medicine , optometry , gerontology , endocrinology , older people , pathology
The Diabetes National Service framework (NSF), and the quality payments in the new contract for UK General Practitioners, promote regular screening for diabetes complications. The new contract also includes immediate incentives to meet screening and quality targets, but it will be difficult to meet these targets in primary care. We have developed a mobile ‘annual review’ programme for patients with Type 2 diabetes managed solely in primary care, that screens for cardiovascular disease, hypertension, retinopathy and neuropathy at the patient's general practice, and gives written foot care, dietary advice and level 1 smoking cessation advice to all patients.