HNY Policy and Pathway Repository - York

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For new acute onset of Type 1 Diabetes or Diabetic Emergencies / Hypoglycaemia requiring admission:

• Telephone Advice for Urgent Admission Avoidance (Diabetes)

For Addisonian crisis, Diabetic Emergencies / Hypoglycaemia requiring admission, Myxoedema Coma / Thyroid crisis, and/or other Endocrine emergency

• Telephone Advice for Urgent Admission Avoidance (Endocrine) 

General Diabetes Management

• Algorithm for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
• Who to Test, when to Test leaflet
• Diabetes Care in Last Days of Life - Management Algorithm 
• Diabetes Dietetic FAQs to aid primary care clinicians

Digital Weight Management Programme

• Patient Information
• Practice Poster
• Referral Guidance

Word document referral form template
 

Pathways to Remission (Low Calories Diet)

• NHS Low Calorie Diet (LCD) Programme Oviva FAQs
• NHS Low Calorie Diet (LCD) Programme Consultation Checklist
• Programme Participant Flyer
• Patient Information
• Practice Poster
• Referral forms
  • EMIS referral form
  • SystmOne referral form - WordLetterTemplates
  • SystmOne search for possible eligibility

YTHFT Children and Young People’s Diabetes Team contact numbers
 

Diabetic eye screening

• Diabetic eye screening: easy read guide
• Your guide to diabetic eye screening
• GP information: Retinal screening
   

Patient Education

• Structured Education
   

• National Diabetes Audit Codes 

  • The following codes are used to capture the NDA data, please could ensure these are used in your practice and that your coding staff are aware of this as this information normally comes in letters from the diabetes service.

Codes for structured education used for National Diabetes Audit	SNOMED code	EMIS	SystmOne
1. Referral for structured education	415270003	8Hj0	XaKGy
2. Diabetes structured education declined	306591000000103	9OLM	XaNTH
3. Did not attend diabetes structured education	306861000000107	9NiA	XaNTa
4. Attended* diabetes structured education	413597006	9OLB	XaKHØ
5. Diabetes structured education completed	755491000000100	9OLF	XaX5D

* Where a structured education course consists of more than one session, and the patient only attends some of the sessions then, enter a Read Code of attended.

If the patient attends all the sessions and completes the course enter a Read Code of completed.

Additional Resources

• National Diabetes Prevention Programme - requires healthcare referral
• Diabetes care in York
• Legal obligations of drivers and riders
• Diabetes UK has additional information on diabetes in special circumstances e.g. pregnancy and in patients with learning disabilities. It also contains dietary guidance, patient information resources, online exercise courses, professional guidance and CPD
  • Prescriptions information for healthcare professionals 
• Support for patients to stay healthy and live well with a long-term condition
• YOURhealth - Prevention and Lifestyle Services
• Healthwise: GP Referral Health Scheme
• CYC Health Trainers
• Local patient information leaflets
• Diabetes - NHS
• Medical Device Awareness Cards