Diabetes care planning

Use the following resources and tools to implement and improve care planning for people with diabetes.

Care planning is a process that puts people with diabetes firmly in the driving seat of their care. It offers people active involvement in deciding, agreeing and owning how their diabetes is managed.

Essential reading

• Personalised care and support planning handbook: the journey to person-centred care, NHS England (January 2015) (PDF, 462KB)

• Year of Care report of findings from the pilot programme and Year of Care: pilot case studies, Year of Care Partnerships website (June 2011)

• Care and support planning guide, National Voices website (January 2014)

Shared practice examples

• Examples and case studies, Year of Care Partnerships website

• Care planning, Berkshire West Federated CCG website (2013)

• A Guide to Risk Assessment for Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating (T1DE) (February 2021)

Find out how care planning was implemented in Berkshire West as part of a wider service redesign (PDF, 409KB).

Resources

• Personal record and care plan handbooks, Know Diabetes website

• Diabetes annual review test results letter template, Tower Hamlets (Word, 3MB)

E-learning

• Collaborative care and support planning: a video introduction, Royal College of General Practitioners website

• Personalised care planning, Healthcare Education England website

Training courses

• Year of Care: care planning in long-term conditions

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