Advance to Derby: it's not about the journey, it's about the destination

Abstract
The 2017 Mary MacKinnon lecture described how we worked across organisational boundaries to improve diabetes care in Derby, putting the user at the centre of their care. These are principles that were important to Mary McKinnon. The Derby Model of integrated diabetes care resulted in improvements in all six domains of quality improvement, and saved £800 000 a year. Using preconception care and the PROCEED project as an example, the application of the Derby principles to a subspecialist area was considered. PROCEED also improved outcomes and saved £68 000 in its first year. Despite a challenging journey with the changes in commissioning, we are now spreading our integrated diabetes model to the whole of Southern Derbyshire. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons.

Source: Practical Diabetes - September 11, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Paru King Tags: State of the art lecture Source Type: research