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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A postcode lottery has emerged in the care of diabetic patients across Sussex.
Figures show less than half of diabetics in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex are getting the recommended level of care, while the figure rose to just over half for East Sussex Downs and Weald.
Hastings and Rother was the best performing primary care trust in the county, with more than 60% of patients getting the full care they need.
The report by the National Audit Office (NAO) investigated how many patients were getting the nine basic care processes which reduce the risk of diabetes-related complications such as blindness, amputation or kidney disease.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9732386.Postcode_lottery_for_Sussex_diabetes_patients/
Figures show less than half of diabetics in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex are getting the recommended level of care, while the figure rose to just over half for East Sussex Downs and Weald.
Hastings and Rother was the best performing primary care trust in the county, with more than 60% of patients getting the full care they need.
The report by the National Audit Office (NAO) investigated how many patients were getting the nine basic care processes which reduce the risk of diabetes-related complications such as blindness, amputation or kidney disease.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9732386.Postcode_lottery_for_Sussex_diabetes_patients/