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Worcestershire Diabetes Network

Aim: To provide a structure for the service redesign, planning and delivery of diabetes services in Worcestershire.

The network will:

Engage all stakeholders, including clinical staff, managers, commissioners and people with diabetes.
Work across service boundaries in the whole health economy of Worcestershire.
Have clear lines of accountability.
Support staff to achieve agreed changes to models of care and care pathways of diabetes care.
Plan and advise on commissioning of diabetes services.
Take on the role of the 'Diabetes working group' of the Worcestershire care planning partnership.
Monitor quality of care.
Monitor standards of training across the county.
Invite appropriate persons to give regular updates on development and provision of diabetes services'.

All work co-ordinated and driven by the network will aim to ensure:

Care is delivered as locally and effectively to patients homes as appropriate.
Diabetes care is integrated and seamless.
Patients are active participants in their care.
Structured education and support for self care is offered to every patient.
Communication with diabetes service is easy for patients and clinicians.
Implementation of the National Service Framework for diabetes and NICE guidance to improve standards of diabetes care, as well as ensuring achievement of national diabetes performance targets and indicators.
Equitable access across the network for patients to receive the best quality of care.

Working Group

Minutes from 3 August 2007 (Word, 45KB)

Network Board

Minutes from 10 October 2008 (Word, 101KB)
Agenda for 11 July 2008 (Word, 50KB)
- NICE Guidance CG63 - diabetes in pregnancy (Word, 57KB)
- NICE Guidance Implementation Questionnaire, CG63 (Word, 88KB)
- NICE Guidance CG66 - Diabetes type 2 (Word, 57KB)
- NICE Guidance implementation questionnaire, blank (Word, 147KB)
- Worcestershire PCT: A Health Needs Assessment - Diabetes Mellitus (Word, 1.0MB)
Minutes from 4 April 2008 (Word, 93KB)
- Presentation: Improving diabetes management in residential care homes (ppt, 112KB)
Minutes from 10 January 2008 (Word, 102KB)
- Stuart Bourne follow-up (Word, 29KB)
- Diabetes service questionnaire (Word, 44KB)
Agenda for 10 January 2008 (Word, 46KB)
Minutes from 26 October 2007 (Word, 60KB)
Agenda for 26 October 2007 (Word, 28KB)

PPI Sub Group

Minutes from 5 November 2008 (Word, 61KB)
Agenda for 5 November2008 (Word, 49KB)
Minutes from 6 August 2008 (Word, 60KB)
Minutes from 15 May 2008 (Word, 70KB)
Minutes from 10 April 2008 (Word, 74KB)
- Directions to Bromsgrove District Council (PDF, 127KB)
Agenda for 10 April 2008 (Word, 48KB)
Minutes from 1 February 2008 (Word, 68KB)
Agenda for 1 February 2008 (Word, 46KB)
Minutes from 20 December 2007 (Word, 60KB)
Agenda for 20 December 2007 (Word, 45KB)

Care Pathways Sub Group

Minutes from 15 May 2008 (Word, 68KB)
- Map of Medicine (Diabetes Care Pathway):
  - Early Adopter Pilot Project - Key Points (ppt, 560KB)
  - Early Adopter Pilot - Project Brief (Word, 776KB)
  - Appendix 1 - Ensuring a Project is Managed Effectively (Word, 39KB)
  - Worcestershire ICT Programme - Map of Medicine Exemplar Proposal (Word, 190KB)
  - Mobilising knowledge: A benchmark for clinical process from planning to practice (PDF, 826KB)
  - NHS Map of Medicine Deployment activities for Trusts/PCTs not currently using any NME LSP applications (Word, 579KB)
  - Map Editor Install Dependencies (PDF, 197KB)
  - Product breakdown structure (Word, 112KB)
  - Product breakdown structure management products (Word, 392KB)
  - Product breakdown structure specialist products (Word, 314KB)
  - Project Organisation Structure Summary - The Project Board (Word, 37KB)
  - Project Management Role - Project Manager (Word, 29KB)
  - Project Management Role - Team Manager (Word, 28KB)
  - Draft newsletter (Word, 281KB)
Agenda for 15 May 2008 (Word, 49KB)
- Map of medicine exemplar proposal (Word, 190KB)
- Map of medicine supplementary questions (Word, 46KB)
Minutes from 20 March 2008 (Word, 52KB)
- Map of Medicine (ppt, 554KB)
- Introduction to the map (ppt, 2.4MB)
- Type 2 Diabetes patient pathway - established (Word, KB)
- Type 2 Diabetes patient pathway - new (Word, KB)
Minutes from 31 January 2008 (Word, 35KB)
- Terms of reference - draft (Word, 41KB)
Agenda for 31 January 2008 (Word, 48KB)

Workforce Planning Subgroup

Minutes from 25 January 2008 (Word, 70KB)
- Workforce template (Excel, 38KB)
- Terms of Reference - draft (Word, 88KB)
Agenda for 25 January 2008 (Word, 47KB)

Diabeteic Retinopathy Screening Steering group

Minutes from 5 March 2008 (Word, 67KB)
Agenda for 5 March 2008 (Word, 53KB)
Minutes from 23 January 2008 (Word, 70KB)
Agenda for 23 January 2008 (Word, 48KB)

Other documents

Public Consultation Meeting 18 and 25 June, 8 October - evalualtion report (PDF, 1.81MB)
Minutes from 8 October 2008 (Word, 81KB)
Public Consultation Meeting, 25 June 2008 (Word, 212KB)
Diabetes Groups (xls, 102KB)
Public consultation meetings, 18 and 25 June 2008 - evaluation report (Word, 305KB)
Service user expenses claim form (Word, 60KB)
Worcestershire Diabetes- a new model of care (Word, 141KB)
Feedback from the stakeholder event held at St Richards Hospice on 12 September 2007

Network contact: Debbie Westwood, debbie.westwood@nhs.net