1. Does your Trust employ a diabetes inpatient specialist nurse? For clarity, a nurse specializing in diabetes care for inpatients in your hospitals.
Yes, we employ a team of Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurses
2. Does your Trust record the number of days on average that patients with diabetes spend as inpatients in your hospital, and if so, what is this figure for 2018?
Average LoS for patients who had an episode of treatment which fell into diabetes is 7.74 days (Diabetes) –
Period 1st Jan 2018 - 31st October 2018
Specialty Number of Patient Sum of LoS (Days) Average LoS
(Days)
DIABETIC 412 3190 7.74
NOT DIABETIC 176751 406381 2.30
3. If you do record the above information (from question 2), how does this compare to the average number of days spent in hospital by patients without diabetes?
Average LoS for patient where there was no episode of treatment for diabetes during the stay is 2.3 days (Non Diabetes) – see attached file
4. Does your Trust employ a multidisciplinary foot care team to manage diabetes related amputations and if so, what is the staff mix?
Yes
2 x band 8a extended scope practitioners
7x band 7 diabetes specialist podiatrist
3x band 6 diabetes specialist podiatrist
2 x band5 diabetes specialist podiatrist
1 x foot assistant
1 x Admin