Diabetes is a national clinical priority and is a major chronic disease that has a significant impact on mortality, morbidity and health costs in the UK.
By shifting care closer to home and embedding specialist support within neighbourhood services, the model delivers improved outcomes, reduces unnecessary variation in care and delivers financial savings.
It exemplifies the three radical shifts: moving care from hospital to community, from analogue to digital and from sickness to prevention.
Evaluation outcomes:
- £83 annual saving per patient (£2.19 million saved in Leicester City)
- Potential savings of £276 million if scaled across the UK
- Increase in Type 2 diabetes patients receiving all recommended care processes (42%> 47%), with improvements in optimal control of blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol.
The model is now being considered for wider adoption by the NHS England.
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