Tuesday 3 July 2012

On-Going Improvement


"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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1 comment:

  1. Clique Finder General3 July 2012 at 20:43

    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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