Services Database Promoting Self Care in Young People with Diabetes – Pilot (Wiltshire Area)

The target cohort is those aged 16-40, who are dispensed medicine for diabetes (Type 1 or Type 2).

The project aims to reach 700 patients within the cohort.

Each participating pharmacy will be asked to:

• search Patient Medication Records;
  • identify patients in the cohort;
  • highlight the record to facilitate intervention at next dispensing;
• engage with each identified patient as they collect medicines;
  • discuss awareness of long term complications;
  • give out and discuss blue book;
  • reinforce and emphasise the importance of the care processes and the need for them to be carried out annually;
  • signpost to appropriate online materials;
  • invite for Medicines Use Review if discussion indicates this is appropriate;
• follow-up in 1-3 months;
  • identify if any of the resources have been helpful.

Timescales for this project are as follows:

• June 2015: invitation to participate
• July – September 2015: Pharmacies identify patients
• August 2015 – January 2016: Patient interventions
• September 2015 – February 2016: Patient Follow-up/feedback
• October 2015: Preliminary report to Wiltshire Council
• March 2016: Final report to Wiltshire Council

Please note, this service is now complete.

There is no specific training required to participate in this project, however, pharmacists and staff may find the following resources helpful:

• Appendix 1: guide to the project and intervention;
• CPPE “Evidence Based Management of Diabetes” online learning;
• Devon LPC “Diabetes MUR Toolkit”; and
• Swindon and Wiltshire LPC Evening events on Diabetes sponsored by Astra Zeneca (planned for September 2015).