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UK researchers have devised a two-stage screening process involving simple clinical assessments followed by non-fasting blood markers to highlight whether a patient is at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. [...]

* A diagnosis of diabetes is made if the HbA1c level is 6.5% or above. * Diagnosis should be confirmed with a repeat HbA1c test unless clinical symptoms and a [...]

Diabetes GPSI Dr Roger Gadsby on diagnosing diabetes and `pre- diabetes', and the potential of HbA1c as a diagnostic test Diabetes is currently diagnosed on the basis of raised plasma [...]

* The #250m vascular checks programme will be piloted from the end of this year and will be available for everyone aged 40-75 from next year * Checks will include [...]

Quality of GP care has soared in past six years By Cato Pedder GP diabetes care has improved so dramatically over the past six years that a national screening programme [...]

GPs have been urged to screen and offer lifestyle and weight management advice to pregnant women with diabetes in new NICE guidance. The first draft of the NICE guidelines on [...]

The NHS is meeting Government standards set for diabetes check-ups, according to a patient survey by the Healthcare Commission. Almost all of the 68,500 respondents said they had an annual [...]

* Report proposes screening at or shortly after 40th, 50th and 60th birthdays * Patients may be called in with `birthday cards' or screened opportunistically * Healthcare assistants, nurses and [...]

Diabetes Expert advisers on the QOF review have advised that exception reporting should be scrapped for some diabetes indicators to avoid compromising the care of the most vulnerable. Pulse uncovered [...]

New research shows diabetes does not increase the risk of depression By Emma Wilkinson Screening patients with diabetes for depression is a waste of time because they are not at [...]

Searching practices' records to identify high-risk patients for diabetes screening is an effective strategy for improving diagnosis, a new study reports. An electronically calculated formula identified 4,976 older people in [...]

The increased mortality associated with diabetes is lower in patients diagnosed with the condition in old age. A meta-analysis of 14 studies found the relative risk of death increased by [...]

Primary care tsar Dr David Colin-Thome is one of the key figures involved in NHS policy decisions and a trailblazer in chronic disease management, but his own diabetes came as [...]

Other research presented at this week's Diabetes UK conference Screening patients for diabetes in primary care is feasible and effective, according to new research from the national screening pilots. Dr [...]

Dr Azhar Farooqi passes on his top tips gained from working as a GP with an interest in diabetes 1 Mention the possibility of insulin therapy early Where appropriate patients [...]

The National Screening Committee has decided against recommending a national screening programme for diabetes after discussing results from nine pilots around the UK. Instead the committee wants to include identification [...]

GPs will have to screen all patients with diabetes and CHD for depression under the new QOF. The revised framework also provides points for assessing the severity of illness in [...]

* 68 per cent of PCTs had systematic, NSC standard retinal screening programmes * 56 per cent used digital cameras for screening * 56 per cent reported provision of structured [...]

Women with diabetes are far less likely to be diagnosed than men, reveals a hardhitting audit by the Healthcare Commission. The commission found 23 per cent of people predicted to [...]

Retinal screening Indicator DM8 The percentage of patients with diabetes who have a record of retinal screening in the previous 15 months. What data revealed The chart examines the nature [...]

Many practices achieved over 1,000 points, but for those that did not, what can you do? Practices will need to determine where they did not achieve points and whether this [...]

THE STORY A double kidney and pancreas transplant can offer a near-instant cure for diabetes, according to the Daily Express. THE SOURCE The story is a case study of a [...]

Dr Eugene Hughes pleads for his GP colleagues to view the quality framework targets for diabetes as no more than a bare minimum Never has there been so much activity [...]

Systematic screening for diabetes could be highly effective at picking up undiagnosed cases, according to a US study. Testing for any two of a range of risk factors, including dyslipidaemia, [...]

GPs need to know how much it is going to cost them to get those final points, says Dr Peter Stott The new GP contract is as much about data [...]