Minister for Health publishes Diabetes Policy and Services Review
The Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD, has launched The Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care.
This is Ireland’s first national strategy for diabetes and sets out recommendations for action in relation to type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy, and paediatric diabetes.
Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, said:
“There have been substantial advances in the delivery of diabetes care in recent years, including the introduction of the National Framework for the Integrated Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease.
This has supported the rollout of the Chronic Disease Management Programme and the establishment of community-based specialist teams for people living with type 2 diabetes.
This strategy aims to ensure that people living with all types of diabetes, regardless of their location, have equitable access to a consistently high standard of care.”
The Government has committed to developing a new strategy for diabetes care in its Programme for Government, ‘Securing Ireland’s Future.’ The strategy marks a major milestone in diabetes care in Ireland, representing the development of a unified approach to the delivery of diabetes care.
HSE Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Colm Henry, said:
“I welcome the completion of this report and look forward to working with colleagues to ensure its effective implementation.
Diabetes represents a major challenge for those living with the condition and ensuring effective and consistent care across the country will make a significant difference in their lives.
It will also help to ensure that care is delivered at the most effective level possible, thereby also ensuring the most effective use of the resources of the health system.”
Diabetes Ireland, Professor Hilary Hoey, Chairperson, said:
“I am delighted to welcome the publication of this strategy for diabetes care. Diabetes Ireland was happy to have collaborated with the Department of Health and the HSE to develop the strategy; implementation of its recommendations will make a difference in the lives of people living with diabetes in this country.
I look forward to working with the Department of Health and the HSE to ensure its effective implementation.”
The HSE will soon finalise an Implementation Framework to complement The Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care and ensure consistent rollout of improvement in diabetes care across the regions.
Read The Diabetes Policy and Services Review: A Strategy for Better Care.
