Diabetes: Greater London

(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, on what date £1.15 million in funding from the Diabetes Transformation Fund was transferred to the North Central London Sustainability and Transformation Partnership.


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

NHS England confirms that Diabetes Transformation Funding of £1.15 million has been awarded to the North Central London Sustainability and Transformation Partnership. The first quarter’s payment was made on 30 June 2017, the second quarter’s payment was made on 29 September, the third quarter’s payment was made on 29 December and the fourth quarter’s payment will be made on 28 February 2018.

The Sustainability and Transformation Partnership was successful in obtaining diabetes transformation funding to make improvements in respect of the following treatment targets:

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

- 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.

We would expect local commissioners to assess the impact of these improvements in the coming years.

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