Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the uptake of structured education programmes among people with type (a) 1 and (b) 2 diabetes in the CCG area of (i) Tameside and Glossop and (ii) North Derbyshire is low; whether he is taking steps to improve that uptake; and if he will make a statement.

Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has established a Diabetes Improvement Group – working with Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust – to deliver improvements and address issues relating to local diabetes care. A recent presentation to local general practitioners (GPs) included data on primary care performance, including structured education.

The Diabetes Improvement Group has identified structured education as a key project. The National Diabetes Audit data for 2016/17 and 2017/18 show that Tameside and Glossop CCG has referred more than 90% of diabetes patients to structured education.

North Derbyshire CCG is aware of a local issue with coding in GP practice systems and has been working with practices to resolve it. The CCG advises that this will have a positive impact on the recording of diabetes education take-up levels.