Diabetes

(asked on 11th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is provided to (a) GPs and (b) other healthcare professionals to enable them to better utilise apps within the current NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme to improve patient care.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 16th May 2018

The evidence base for digital and remote delivery of diabetes prevention programmes is still limited. In order to address this the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme has initiated pilots to implement digitally enabled programmes to support individuals with behaviour change and to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Five digital products have been chosen and are available in eight pilot areas across the country.

The providers are working closely with participating general practitioners to identify and refer people to these programmes, which will be robustly evaluated to understand the effectiveness of these interventions and how they can be implemented alongside traditional approaches. NHS England aims to offer these services to around 5,000 individuals during 2018/19.

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