Published 1 July 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b2685
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b2685

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Nearly two thirds of people with diabetes in England don’t receive all recommended care, audit finds

Zosia Kmietowicz

1 London

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Care of people in England with diabetes continues to improve, the latest findings from a national audit show. But only 40% of people with the illness receive all the care that has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).

The fifth national audit of diabetes care in England, which was carried out by the NHS Information Centre in 2007-8, also shows that diabetic people are more likely to have complications if they live in certain parts of the country or are from a more socially deprived background.

More than 5300 general practices contributed to the audit, resulting in data being collected on the care of 1.42 million diabetic people in England. This is a 17% increase on the number of records audited in 2006-7 and represents 57% of the estimated number of people in the country with diabetes. The audit also collected data from 73 . . . [Full text of this article]


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