Diabetes

(asked on 19th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will be assisted by the Diabetes Transformation Fund.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 27th February 2018

NHS England has arrangements in place to monitor use of investment by local sites and progress in implementation. The evidence indicates that improvements in outcomes emerge after several years. These are being monitored by NHS England through a dashboard of key indicators.

The objectives for the Diabetes Transformation Fund are to produce sustainable improvements in outcomes for people with diabetes through investment in key interventions that evidence indicates should result in both improved outcomes and savings that can be reinvested in the continuance of the interventions. The interventions are:

- Improving achievement of the treatment targets (HbA1c, blood pressure and cholesterol) and reducing variation between clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and between general practitioner practices, with the aim of resulting in improvements in glycaemic control and psychosocial wellbeing;

- Increasing uptake of diabetes structured education with the aim of a reduced risk of diabetes-related complications;

- Increasing availability of multidisciplinary footcare teams with the aim of reduced rates of amputations for people with diabetes; and

- Increasing availability of diabetes inpatient specialist nurses with the aim of reduced lengths of stay for inpatients with diabetes.

The estimated number of people who will be assisted by the Diabetes Transformation Fund is as follows:

- Structured education - The number of places offered will increase from 54,000 to 148,000 places across 137 CCGs; and

- Treatment targets – There will be an estimated 864,000 interventions with individual patients to support improvements against the treatment targets in 112 CCGs.

For Multi-Disciplinary Footcare Teams (MDFTs) and Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurses (DISNs) the estimated figures are in terms of the number of additional staff supporting patients:

- MDFTs – Approximately 185 whole time equivalent (WTE) additional staff in new/expanded MDFTs will be funded in approximately 80 hospital sites or community teams from 67 providers; and

- DISNs – Approximately 96 WTE additional DISN and related staff will be funded in approximately 70 hospital sites from 46 providers.

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