"The picture is one of considerable variation but gradual on-going improvement."
From Dr Roger Gadsby MBE
GP Lead for the National Diabetes Audit
Percentage of Registered Diabetics in England with HbA1c > 7.5 %
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Type1 70.29 71.4 71.8 71.3
Type 2 33.41 33.4 33.5 32.6
John
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For the last four audits the percentage of Type 1 diabetics with an HbA1c > 7.5% has remained at an almost constant 70%. Signs of a gradual improvement?
Accepting the argument in order to avoid hypos the NICE target figure of 7.5%. Yet the target is not met by 70% of Type 1 diabetics. Why is there no feedback study to account for such failure?
For the last four audits the percentage of Type 2 diabetics with an HbA1c > 7.5% has remained at an almost constant 33%. Signs of a gradual improvement?
Assuming these Type 2 diabetics are on diabetic medication one would surely expect a fall in the percentage of Type 2 diabetics with an HbA1c > 7.5% over four audits? Why is there no feedback study to account for such failure?
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