Health care Professional training.

Heather Daly

Nurse Consultant

Diabetes Research and Education

Proposed model of diabetes care in LLR

Primary care (core)

Primary care(enhanced)

Primary care setting Secondary and tertiary care setting

‘The Super Six’1. Inpatient care2. Insulin pumps3. Renal4. Foot5.Children/adolescents6. Pregnancy

Specialist support for Primary care

‘The Necessary Nine’1. Screening2. Prevention3. Regular review/surveillance4. Prescribing5. Insulin6. Patient education7. Cardiovascular8. Housebound/care homes9. Outcomes/audit

Complex care

Overall aim:

• To meet the diverse educational needs of the workforce involved in the delivery of care for people with diabetes in Leicester

• Flexible approach reflecting the different levels of knowledge and skills required to provide high quality care

• Reflect the changing approaches to diabetes management in relation to new therapies and national drivers

• Build on existing models of good practice

How is this happening?• Leicester diabetes centre is working with City CCG to

deliver this HCP education programme

• Now in second academic year

• Project team responsible for the organisation and delivery of training components

• Locality Diabetes Leads are pivotal in supporting this project

• Engagement at practice level’ clinical leads for diabetes work with Designated EDEN educators/mentors

What is available?Accredited, non accredited training and mentorship:

• Mini modules for core diabetes care

• Competency assessment and support for delivering enhanced care

• A full programme of education is available to support the above. Please see our Mini Module and Study Day flyers

• University of Leicester accredited higher awards and CPD modules

• Mentorship visits at practice level to support implementation of learning

• Practice based Case Review and Management sessions

• Self management initiatives to support behaviour change

• Competency based health care assistant training programme

• Cultural diversity in diabetes management

• Regular updates on new therapies

• Residential and nursing home staff training days.

• Community nurse training

Menu of options based on identified practice needs

• Post graduate certificate• Regular updates• Case reviews

• Post graduate certificate• Regular updates• Case reviews

• Msc Diabetes• Case reviews & management• Journal club• Regular updates• Behaviour change training

• Msc Diabetes• Case reviews & management• Journal club• Regular updates• Behaviour change training

• Mini modules• Mentorship• Healthcare Assistant training• Patient education

• Mini modules• Mentorship• Healthcare Assistant training• Patient education

• Mini modules• CPD accredited training• Insulin training• Nursing home Community

Nurse support• Mentorship

• Mini modules• CPD accredited training• Insulin training• Nursing home Community

Nurse support• Mentorship

Benefits for the practice• Access to flexible high standard diabetes knowledge and

skills training• Higher awards accredited training to support enhanced

care e.g.. PG certificate, PG diploma and MSc• Improved outcomes for patients• Effective prescribing • Mentorship and Coaching• Increased confidence in diabetes management and use

of new therapies and insulin• Meet national and local targets• Statistical evidence to demonstrate results in diabetes

care at practice level

© Leicester D

iabetes Centre 2012