Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps health authorities in Kent and Medway have taken as a result of funding received from the Diabetes Transformation Fund.

NHS England confirms that Diabetes Transformation Funding of £1.75 million has been awarded to the Kent and Medway 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:

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

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

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