UK issues diabetes commissioning toolkit:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The UK's Department of Health has published a "diabetes commissioning toolkit". The guidance, targeted at all commissioners of diabetes services, covers health needs assessments in relation to the local diabetes population, generic specifications, quality markers and "suggested" key outcomes. The 54-page document is available from the DoH website (www.dh.gov.uk).
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