Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

Source: Journal of Diabetes Research

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Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: Lifestyle interventions for the prevention of type 2 diabetes are cost-effective. Such interventions should be promoted as an investment in the fight against diabetes.

 

Much of NHS £10bn diabetes spend ‘wasted’

Source:  OnMedica

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Date of publication: 7 May 2014

Publication type: Journal article

Length of publication: 1 web page

In a nutshell: The charity, Diabetes UK, claims in its latest report The cost of diabetes that the ‘vast majority’ of the £10bn that NHS spends each year on diabetes care is being used ineffectively because it is being spent on treating complications that good healthcare could often have prevented.

Prescribing for Diabetes, England – 2005-06 to 2012-13

Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre

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Date of publication:  August 2013

Publication type: Report

In a nutshell: This report is the latest in a series of publications on diabetes by The Health and Social Care Information Centre. It covers the period 2005-06 to 2012-13. the data outlines the increase in cost and number of items prescribed over the period.

Length of publication: 1 web page (links to 4 pdfs)

Acknowlegements: NHS Networks

Diabetes Outcomes Versus Expenditure Tool (DOVE)

Source: Yorkshire & Humber Public Health Observatory

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Date of publication: January 2013

Publication type: Report

In a nutshell: The Diabetes Outcomes Versus Expenditure (DOVE) tool has been updated to provide data for 2011-12. It enables comparisons of expenditure on diabetes care with clinical outcomes for a selected CCG, other CCGs with similar populations and all other CCGs.

Length of publication: 1 web page

Source: NHS Networks

Diabetes prescriptions top 40 million in England after 50 per cent rise in six years

Source: The Information Centre

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Date of publication:  August 2012

Publication type: Report

In a nutshell: This report focuses on primary care,and shows that diabetes drugs are taking up a bigger share of both total drugs dispensed and the total net cost to the NHS each year.

Length of publication: 1 web page 

Source: NHS Networks

Diabetes: Most NHS costs wasteful

Title: Diabetes: Most NHS costs wasteful, says Diabetic Medicine

Source: BBC News

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Date of publication: April 2012

Publication type: News Story

In a nutshell: The BBC report the findings of an article published in Diabetic Medicine Journal which suggests that much spending on diabetes is avoidable. Improved health checks and better education could reduce the cost of treating complications whihc amounts to 80% of the NHS £9.8bn diabetes bill.

Length of publication: 1 web page

Some important notes: Follow this link to read the full article reference: “Estimating the current and future costs of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes in the UK, including direct health costs and indirect societal and productivity costs” Hex et al Diabetic Medicine ‘Accepted Article’, doi: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2012.03698.x

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Acknowledgements: NHS Networks

Failure to deal with long-term health problems ‘costs NHS £13bn a year’

Source: Guardian Healthcare Network

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Date of publication: February 2012

Publication type: News story

In a nutshell: This news story summarises a report from the King’s Fund which highlights that people with long term conditions such as diabetes are more likely to have mental health problems, with each costing up to 45% more to treat.

Length of publication: 1 web page

Some important notes: Follow this link to read the King’s Fund 32 page report “Long-term conditions and mental health: The cost of co-morbidities”

Nice could save NHS £625m

Title: Following NICE guidelines for diabetes treatment ‘could save NHS £625m’

Source: NICE

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Date of publication: Sept 2011

Publication type: News item In a nutshell: A recent study indicates that following the NICE type 2 diabetes recommendation that human NPH insulin should be the first-line treatment offered could save the NHS £625m. It is worth noting that the BMJ Open study did acknowledge come limitations.

Length of publication: 1 web page

Acknowledgements: NHS Networks

Some important notes: Link here to access the full text of the original study
Sarah E Holden, Chris D Poole, Christopher L Morgan, Craig J Currie (2011) Evaluation of the incremental cost to the National Health Service of prescribing analogue insulin BMJ Open 2011

Diabetes drugs cost NHS £725m

Source: The Independent

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Date of publication: August 2011

Publication type: News story

In a nutshell: This article reports how diabetes drugs account for 8.4% of the total NHS bill at a cost of £725 million a year, an increase of 41% when compared to spending in 2005-6. This increase is linked to the rise in Type 2 diabetes, there are now 2.5m people being treated in the UK with a further 800,000 potentially diagnosed.

Length of publication: 1 web page

Some important information: Follow this link to access the full report Prescribing for Diabetes in England 2005/06 to 2010/11

Costing care pathways: Understanding the cost of the diabetes care pathway

Source: Audit Commission

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Date of publication: May 2011

Publication type: Briefing

In a nutshell: This briefing, using diabetes as an illustration, shows how organisations can use nationally available data to chart spending at a high level for various conditions. This information can then be used to help track changes in pathways and the impact on costs. It can also be used to compare costs between PCTs and to identify possible areas for savings.  The briefing is supported by an online tool that will allow organisations to monitor and evaluate the cost of diabetes care in their area and to make comparisons with others.

Length of publication: 16p pdf

The DESMOND programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cost effectiveness analysis

Source: BMJ 2010;341:c4093

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Date of publication:  20 August 2010 (online only)

Publication type: Journal article

In a nutshell: A cost utility analysis of DESMOND (diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed), a six hour structured group education programme delivered in the community by two professional healthcare educators.  The authors conclude that the DESMOND intervention is likely to be cost effective compared with usual care, especially with respect to the real world cost of the intervention to primary care trusts, with reductions in weight and smoking being the main benefits delivered.

Length of publication:  10 pages

Diabetes Outcomes Versus Expenditure (DOVE) tool

Source:  NHS Evidence – diabetes

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Date of publication:  December 2009

Publication type: Web page with link to ZIP Archive file, 822688 bytes (803 KB)

In a nutshell: This new tool from Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory allows users to compare expenditure on diabetes care with clinical outcomes for a selected PCT, other PCTs with similar populations and all other PCTs.

Length of publication: 1 page