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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The district?s primary care trust is failing to provide around two-thirds of adult diabetic patients with the basic care services recommended by the Department of Health.
A report published yesterday by the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed treatment for diabetes patients is a postcode lottery with a massive variation in quality of care from one region to another.
In some regions, only six per cent of sufferers received the recommended levels of care compared to 69 per cent in the highest-achieving primary care trusts (PCTs).
In Bradford and Airedale just 30 to 39 per cent of diabetes patients received the nine basic care processes which reduce the risk of diabetes-related complications, such as blindness, amputation or kidney disease.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9722943.Health_chiefs_failing_sufferers_of_diabetes/
A report published yesterday by the National Audit Office (NAO) revealed treatment for diabetes patients is a postcode lottery with a massive variation in quality of care from one region to another.
In some regions, only six per cent of sufferers received the recommended levels of care compared to 69 per cent in the highest-achieving primary care trusts (PCTs).
In Bradford and Airedale just 30 to 39 per cent of diabetes patients received the nine basic care processes which reduce the risk of diabetes-related complications, such as blindness, amputation or kidney disease.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9722943.Health_chiefs_failing_sufferers_of_diabetes/