The early identification of people with type 2 diabetes can reduce the risk of coronary artery disease, stroke, kidney failure, amputations and vision loss. General practice, as primary care providers, play a key role in managing type 2 diabetes. Targeted quality improvement activities with a focus on diabetic patients or identifying patients with indicators of pre-diabetes can make a significant impact on the health outcomes of the patient population.
Download resource: Diabetes Change Ideas (pdf 114KB)
Plan Do Study Act (PDSA)
Improve Type 2 Diabetic patient indicators (docx 113KB)
Other related Resources
QIM01 – Proportion of patients with diabetes with a current HbA1c result (pdf 201KB)
Quality Improvement Register (docx 211KB).
POLAR Walkthrough – Identifying patients with no coded diagnosis of diabetes recorded (192 KB)
POLAR Walkthrough – Identify active patients aged under 25 years who have diabetes and are eligible for a careplan (pdf 334KB)
View the Diabetes measures for your region on the PHN Exchange GP Data report