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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
GPs should go through their practice records and identify all patients aged over 25 who are at high risk of type 2 diabetes ? in particular those of South Asian descent ? a new draft NICE guideline recommends.
The guideline ? put out for consultation today ? marks a massive expansion in diabetes screening, with NICE recommending GPs invite all patients identified as high risk for a blood test.
It says GPs should use a validated risk-assessment tool to assess data in practice records and that people aged 75 and over and those aged between 25 and 39 from a South Asian background in particular should also be encouraged to have a risk assessment. But the guideline was unclear about how actively GPs should follow up patients.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...betes?sp_rid=NjU3NzMyNzAyOQS2&sp_mid=37375921
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The guideline ? put out for consultation today ? marks a massive expansion in diabetes screening, with NICE recommending GPs invite all patients identified as high risk for a blood test.
It says GPs should use a validated risk-assessment tool to assess data in practice records and that people aged 75 and over and those aged between 25 and 39 from a South Asian background in particular should also be encouraged to have a risk assessment. But the guideline was unclear about how actively GPs should follow up patients.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/newsart...betes?sp_rid=NjU3NzMyNzAyOQS2&sp_mid=37375921
(free registration required)