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National Diabetes Audit and Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDA-DPP) pilot study

This pilot looked at how GP practices record information on non-diabetic hyperglycaemia, (pre-diabetes), to identify the best way to add this data to the National Diabetes Audit dataset.

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Following a successful pilot the DPP data forms part of the National Diabetes Audit core data collection and publications. 

View the results of the National Diabetes Audit Diabetes prevention programme pilot study

Purpose of the pilot

From 2017-18, the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) will collect information on patients with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia, also known as pre-diabetes or impaired glucose regulation, so their care can be monitored and improved. This pilot investigated how non-diabetic hyperglycaemia information is being recorded so that we can identify how best to add it to the existing NDA dataset. We needed to find out how well read codes are populated, and get an understanding of the number of people with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia within practices.

Information we collected

The DPP Pilot only collected information about care that is already recorded within GP practices, such as

  • latest blood pressure result
  • HbA1c (blood glucose levels) result
  • whether an offer had been made to the prevention programme education course

Scope of the pilot

NHS England recruited 22 GP practices in England to take part in the pilot.

Results

Information about people with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia, impaired glucose tolerance or pre-diabetes will be collected as part of the NDA core collection from 2017-18 onwards.

Partners

We worked with Diabetes UK and Public Health England to run this pilot collection.

Specifications

NDA DPP technical specification

xlsx 51 KB

NDA DPP requirement specification

pdf 365 KB

Last edited: 23 May 2022 5:48 pm