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Better outcomes
Flash and CGM primary healthcare education
pack available.
A
new suite of resources
has been put together
by the award-winning
EDEN (Effective Diabetes
Education Now) programme designed
to help healthcare professionals
working in primary care to increase
their knowledge of, and confidence
in, flash glucose monitoring and
continuous glucose monitoring
(CGM).
While the use of flash glucose
monitoring and CGM has been
proven to improve time in target
glucose range, quality of life and
reduce the risk of hospital admission
for severe hypoglycaemia and
diabetic ketoacidosis, access to these
technologies has previously been
limited only to some people living
with Type 1 diabetes who required
support from secondary care - or to
those who could afford to self-fund
these systems.
However, the updated
NICE guidelines in March 2022
recommended access to flash glucose
monitoring and CGM for all people
living with Type 1 diabetes, as well
as for some living with Type 2. As a
result, many more people throughout
the UK will have access to such
technology, with many prescriptions
coming in primary care. Increasing
knowledge and confidence amongst
healthcare professionals in order
to safely implement these changes
is therefore essential, as Professor
Pratik Choudhary, Professor of
Diabetes, Leicester Diabetes Centre,
University of Leicester, explains:
"The latest NICE guidelines provide
greater access to glucose sensing
for people with insulin-treated
diabetes. A large proportion of these
are managed in primary care, so it's
really important that we support
primary care colleagues, increasing
awareness, knowledge and familiarity
with these systems and the data they
generate, so that we can provide our
patients with better outcomes and
quality of life."
Available nationally for all
healthcare professionals in primary
care, the education package,
Implementing Glucose Sensing in
Primary Care, consists of five key
education elements:
1. Initial conversation piece and
detailed core knowledge - video
resources
2. Case studies for Type 1 and Type
2 diabetes - video and slide
resources
3. Product training package, Abbott
and Dexcom - e-learning
4. Implementation guide - web
based
5. Implementation and evaluation
guides - internal report
Readers may wish to inform their
own healthcare professionals of
this resource.
edendiabetes.com
Left, Dr Clare Hambling, the chair of PCDS (Primary Care Diabetes Society)
with Prof Pratik Chaudhary, chair DTN UK.
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