1) Mortality Among Inpatients with Diabetes;
Inpatients with diabetes are 10% more likely to die than
those without the condition: Trust level summaries now
available through
www.diabetes-ndis.org
The report, Mortality Among Inpatients with Diabetes,
carried out by Diabetes Health Intelligence (part of
Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory), was
released yesterday and showed that one in 20 inpatients with
diabetes die while in hospital. The analysis included 13.1
million hospital admissions in England between 1 April 2009
and 31 March 2011. Of these, 1.5 million or 11.2 per cent
had diabetes recorded.
Dr Bob Young, National Diabetes Information Service (NDIS)
Clinical Lead, said: “This is the first time we have had
such an insight into diabetes mortality in hospitals.
Although the results paint a national picture, further work
needs to be done locally to ensure the findings are put to
good use. We have published trust-level summaries through
the
National Diabetes Information Service (NDIS); hospitals
need to look at their own data, and then respond
appropriately.”
The inpatient mortality study took into account the age and
sex of the patients, whether they were admitted as an
emergency, the reason for the stay and the type of hospital.
It also found that, unlike inpatients without diabetes, the
risk of dying was not higher among people from socially
deprived areas, suggesting that diabetes has a greater
impact than social background on the risk of dying.
The additional risk of death among inpatients with diabetes
varied across the country. In some hospitals it was higher
than 10% per cent. However, in a small number of trusts
inpatients with diabetes had a similar death rate to those
without. Some of this variation maybe explained by the
differences in mortality rates for all patients (with and
without diabetes) found between hospitals across England.
For further information on the report and the supporting
Trust level summaries please contact
Naomi.holman@york.ac.uk
2)The Health and Social Care Information
Centre (HSCIC) is pleased to announce the publication of the
2011 National Diabetes Inpatient Audit National Report
today, Thursday 17th May 2012.
This will allow hospitals to assess changes and improvements
since the 2010 audit.The NaDIA team would like to thank
everyone who helped to make the 2011 audit a success and
hopes that Hospitals and Trusts will continue to participate
in the audit in 2012.The National Diabetes Inpatient Audit
will be repeated on one day between 17th and 21st
September 2012. The NaDIA team will be in touch with
hospitals over the coming weeks to confirm details and
requirements for this year’s audit. If you have any
questions please do not hesitate to contact the National
Diabetes Inpatient Audit on
NaDIA@ic.nhs.ukor 0845 300 6016.
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