COMMUNITY DIABETES SPECIALIST NURSE

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COMMUNITY DIABETES SPECIALIST NURSE

• CHRISTINE TIPPEY

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SECONDARY CARE

• To work with Diabetes Specialist Nurse colleagues
  in APH and Clatterbridge.
• Assisting with patient support, reviews and
  education
• With aim of providing seamless care for patient
  between Primary Secondary Care.

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INNOVATIONS

• Initiation of Insulin Therapy within patients.
  own environment.
• Multicultural Centre Days for Asian and Chinese
  Community
• Educational programme for people who newly
  diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes

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Innovations for the Future?

• Diabetes is increasing, possibly 3 million 2010.
• Evening educational sessions for newly diagnosed
  type 2 who are at work during the day.
• Tackle impaired Glucose Tolerance Group. Pre
  Diabetes State (USA)

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• Tacking Impaired Glucose Tolerance Group/Pre
  Diabetes State (USA) with Daytime and Evening
  Sessions
• Healthy Lifestyle interventions

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• Recall update session for people who have had a
  diagnosis of type 2 diabetes 1 year.
• To review how they have managed and coped 1 year
  down the line.

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• I. Ideas/suggestions
• N New strategy plans
• N. Need for funding of ideas/plans
• O. Opportunities for implementation
• V. Variety and diversity of workers
• A. Ability of all HCP to inter-communicate.
• T. Total commitment to improving health care.
• I. Information between all sectors of care.
• O. Open communications support network within PCT
• N. No PCT worker is an island
• S. Summary of all these letters spells -
• INNOVATIONS
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