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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
An audit of pregnant women with diabetes has found that 74% of have higher than recommended blood sugar levels in early pregnancy. Among women with diabetes, 46.7% of pregnancies are in women with type 2 diabetes, and in London, 60.6% of births were to women with type 2 diabetes.
The figures are included in the National Pregnancy in Diabetes report for 2015. It says that primary care diabetes networks “have an essential role to play in helping to ensure information about pregnancy risks and preparation for safe pregnancies forms part of routine diabetes care at GP practices for women in the relevant age group and working with diabetes and maternity services on local quality improvement initiatives.”
Dr Nick Lewis-Barned, who led the audit for the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, is now calling for “local diabetes teams, general practices and maternity services to work together to help increase awareness among women with diabetes that high blood glucose levels and a lack of preparation for pregnancy can increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.” This could include stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and babies being born with congenital abnormalities.
http://www.thegoodhealthsuite.co.uk...sks-needs-to-be-part-of-routine-diabetes-care
The figures are included in the National Pregnancy in Diabetes report for 2015. It says that primary care diabetes networks “have an essential role to play in helping to ensure information about pregnancy risks and preparation for safe pregnancies forms part of routine diabetes care at GP practices for women in the relevant age group and working with diabetes and maternity services on local quality improvement initiatives.”
Dr Nick Lewis-Barned, who led the audit for the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership, is now calling for “local diabetes teams, general practices and maternity services to work together to help increase awareness among women with diabetes that high blood glucose levels and a lack of preparation for pregnancy can increase the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes.” This could include stillbirths, neonatal deaths, and babies being born with congenital abnormalities.
http://www.thegoodhealthsuite.co.uk...sks-needs-to-be-part-of-routine-diabetes-care