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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Exclusive GPs face a soaring workload on diabetes prevention under Government plans for practices to provide intensive lifestyle advice and annual glucose checks to everyone judged as at high risk from the age of 25.
The Department of Health's diabetes tsar wants GPs to assess all patients' records for diabetes risk from age 25, and is urging NICE to adopt tough new interventions for those identified as at high risk ? even those with normal HbA1c levels.
Dr Rowan Hillson, national clinical director for diabetes, and a panel of senior NICE advisers have submitted recommendations to the institute as it draws up new guidelines on prevention of type 2 diabetes.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-co...-to-test-hba1c-annually-in-high-risk-over-25s
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Basically saying the GPs should test everyone with risk factors for Type2, even if their HbA1c is normal and provide intensive lifestyle advice, placing a tremendous burden on doctors.
The Department of Health's diabetes tsar wants GPs to assess all patients' records for diabetes risk from age 25, and is urging NICE to adopt tough new interventions for those identified as at high risk ? even those with normal HbA1c levels.
Dr Rowan Hillson, national clinical director for diabetes, and a panel of senior NICE advisers have submitted recommendations to the institute as it draws up new guidelines on prevention of type 2 diabetes.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/main-co...-to-test-hba1c-annually-in-high-risk-over-25s
(free registration required)
Basically saying the GPs should test everyone with risk factors for Type2, even if their HbA1c is normal and provide intensive lifestyle advice, placing a tremendous burden on doctors.