RCGP response to Healthcare Commission review of
diabetes services
Professor Mayur Lakhani, Chair of the Royal College of General
Practitioners (RCGP), says:
"The real issue here is the lack of structured
patient education programmes for GPs to access. More effort needs
to be put in by PCTs to improve the facilities for education of
patients with diabetes, as recommended by NICE. We urge PCTs to
respond quickly on plans to establish formal structured diabetes
education programmes like DESMOND and DAPHNE and to support
practices in accessing and providing such services in the
community.
"Family doctors are well placed to provide
personalized, responsive and effective service for patients with
diabetes. Previous surveys by the Healthcare Commission also show
that the majority of patients reported that they had been involved
as much as they wanted to be in decisions about the care and
treatment given by their GP."
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For more information please contact
Lorna Fletcher in the RCGP press office 020 7344 3136 / press@rcgp.org.uk