What impact does diabetes’ management have on community nursing?

Community and District Nurses in the UK are being urged to share their experiences about the impact diabetes’ management has on their workload in a new survey.

Diabetes now affects 4.9 million – or one in 14 – people in the UK and this is projected to rise to 5.6 million by 2030.

Concerns have been raised that the workload of district and community nurses has been increased substantially as a result of more people requiring diabetes care at home and the complexity of treatment and it is unclear whether the current service model is sustainable into the future.

As a result, researchers Professor Richard Holt, Sue Hill and Lucy Martin have launched a questionnaire called ‘Effect of diabetes management on the provision of community and district nursing teams’.

Researcher Sue Hill said: “There is lots of discussion about the effect of diabetes’ management has on community nursing workload due to increasing demand and lack of resources.

“Please tell us your experience so we can influence what is happening.”

The anonymous survey takes around 10 minutes to complete and will ask participants about their team’s workload and training relating to diabetes management.

The questionnaire has been approved by the Faculty Research Ethics Committee at the University of Southampton.

To find out more and to take part click here