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A diabetes team ( professionals ) with up-to-date skills,
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- doctors
- diabetes nurse specialists/assistants and educators
- nutritionists ( dieticians )
- podiatrists ( chiropodists )
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A solid infrastructure |
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- easy access for people with diabetes
- protocols for diabetes care
- facilities for education and foot care
- information for people with diabetes
- structured records
- recall system for Annual Review / eye surveillance
- access to quality-assured laboratory facilities
- database / software for quality monitoring and development
- continuing education for professional staff
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A range of services |
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- for regular review ( often 3-monthly )
- for Annual Review
- for education
- for foot care
- for eye surveillance
- emergency advice line
- access to heart, renal, eye, vascular specialists
- joint obstetric service
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A system of quality development |
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- feedback from people with diabetes on service performance
- regular review of service performance ( see
also : Monitoring Quality of Care )
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