Think Glucose - Inpatient Care for People with Diabetes

Think Glucose is a programme designed to support Trusts to deliver a clinical pathway that improves the management of inpatients with diabetes as a secondary diagnosis.
The Think Glucose toolkit has been developed from the findings of the NHS Institute Delivering Quality and Value Diabetes project. The results were described in Focus on Inpatients care for patients with diabetes which was published in March 2008.
The toolkit has been designed to assist with improving areas identified as key to delivery of safe quality care. They have been designed and tested with front line clinical teams.
The NHS Institute will be holding a number of free Think Glucose launch events, some in conjunction with SHAs, over May and June 2009. Click here for more information and to register for a place!

To find other posts relating to similar topics, please click on the tags below.

Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion for the Treatment of Diabetes (Review)

This guidance replaces NICE technology appraisal guidance 57 issued in February 2003.

Updated NICE Guideline Published on the Management of Type 2 Diabetes

The new guideline replaces existing NICE recommendations for the condition, revising areas where new information has become available, and will act as a single reference point for healthcare professionals on all aspects of the care and support that should be offered to people with type 2 diabetes.

Improving emergency and inpatient care for people with diabetes

A new report aimed at helping commissioners and providers implement the Diabetes National Service Framework has been published. It provides findings, recommendations and tools to encourage and support the improvement of emergency and inpatient care for people with diabetes. The report was produced by group of diabetes representatives, convened by Diabetes National Clinical Director Sue Roberts and chaired by Mike Sampson, who worked in partnership with the National Institute for Innovation and Improvement.

Update from Delivering Quality and Value Diabetes and Cancer Projects

These updates are part of the Delivering Quality and Value priority programme within the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. Click here for more info on the diabetes project and here for more info on the cancer project.