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three Acute NHS Foundation Trusts, with
primary care input from seven local GP
Federations and 78 GP practices across
the county.
Award: Diabetes
Team of the Year
Winner: West Green Surgery for
Personalised SMS Care Plan for Diabetes
The surgery set out to improve the
identification and management of
diabetes and hypertension. Special
software was developed to recall patients
more efficiently and educate them about
their results. Personalised messages
about medication, sharing links to health
information or directing them to make an
appointment, have empowered patients
to be more actively engaged in their health
management.
"The fact that the software is
shareable, scalable and flexible makes this
an excellent candidate for national uptake,
with evidence of its cost-effectiveness
beyond question," said the judges.
The Diabetes Technology Network
UK, by the Association of British Clinical
Diabetologists was highly commended
for its work to support UK healthcare
professionals involved in delivering
technologies to people with diabetes.
The Network has over 500 members and
1,384 Twitter followers. It has delivered
11 educational meetings, three national
clinical best practice guides, three
online webinars and 13 online modules
for people living with diabetes and their
healthcare professionals. DTN-UK has
campaigned for better access to flash
glucose monitoring, developed the
FreeStyle Libre national audit and the
2018 national Type 1 diabetes service
level audit, as well as helping to create the
NHSE/Diabetes UK technology pathway.
Type 1 Specialist
Service - Adults
Winner: Implementation of a National
Guideline with Local Changes: Does an
Abbreviated Adult Diabetic Ketoacidosis
(DKA) Protocol Improve Local Uptake and
Overall Clinical Care? By Sandwell & West
Birmingham NHS Trust
In 2015 junior doctors and nursing staff
worked to abbreviate the Joint British
Diabetes Society guidelines on DKA.
The guidelines went from 10 to two
pages, and an audit in 2015-16 showed
significant improvements in adherence,
management outcomes, user satisfaction
and length of stay, and the revised
protocol became standard in the Trust.
"The step-by-step protocol allows
underlying causes, as well as treatment
of DKA, to be identified, which will help
practitioners improve care. The project
generated compelling positive feedback
from users, suggesting that its clinical
impact could be significant. Already in
routine practice, the sustainability of the
programme is clear," commented the
judges.
NHS Lothian was highly commended
for introducing Flash glucose monitoring
at scale with educational support. When