The growing volume of diabetic care taking place in UK general practice and pressure to
unload hospital clinics are resulting in entirely separate patient caseloads, in which …

Anecdotally, people with diabetes prefer to be seen in primary care, although some would
still prefer to be seen by the specialist team, as they perceive this to be the 'gold standard' …

It is not surprising that diabetes care has been a very active area for divisional projects and
activities. Diabetes is prevalent in the community (up to one million Australians) and in …

(Clin Med JRCPL May/June 2001, pp172–4). General practice has become part of primary
care, the practice has evolved to become the primary health care team and responsibility for …

The NHS was founded on the premise that GPs would be the gate keepers of the service,
controlling onward referral to secondary care for specialised advice as required. Over the …

Evidence-based standardised diabetes care is difficult to achieve in the community due to
resource limitations, and lack of equitable access to specialist care leads to poor clinical …

An ambitious title you may think, but this is the first in a series of ambitious supplements to
Diabetes and Primary Care devoted to supporting the development and progression of …

Within a given community, the level and quality of care for people with diabetes, in light of
the complex nature of the condition, is of great importance. Recently, there has been a drive …

Active repatriation of patients with diabetes from secondary care is taking place throughout
the UK as part of reformation of the NHS. However, the methodology to sustainably translate …

The bandwagon, however, temporarily hit the buffers with the publication in October 2005 of
a second ABCD position statement, this time in conjunction with the patients' organisation …