Group Description
The group is composed of the MCN Managers and the Diabetes Clinical Leads for each Health Board. These two groups meet once a year together and a further two or three times separately.
Aims and objectives
·Share ideas and best practice
· Advise on the implementation of the Scottish Diabetes Action Plan
· Advise on the development of improved diabetes services across Scotland
· Encouraging standardisation of diabetes care throughout Scotland recognising differences in each region
·To facilitate patient-centred services
Current activity
· Working with National Procurement to rationalise blood glucose strip purchase for Scotland
· Assessing progress of the MCNs against the Scottish Diabetes Action Plan
· Ensuring that the strategy is in line with Better Health Better Care
· Ensuring the work of the diabetes community in Scotland is communicated to the Scottish Government Health Directorate
· Participating in the SIGN 55 guideline selective update process
Future direction
·Supporting the shift of the balance of care to primary care
·Improving management of inpatients with diabetes
·Working with all agencies to ensure smooth transition to new HbA1c measurements
·Promoting wider use of the SCI-DC products
Membership
Managers:
Ms Alison Anderson: Ayrshire and Arran
Ms Sandra Pratt: Borders
Vacant: Dumfries and Galloway
Mrs Carole Morrison (Acting): Fife
Mr David Munro: Forth Valley
Ms Lorraine Urquhart: Grampian
Dr Kirsty Proctor: Greater Glasgow
Vacant: Highland
Dr Helen Alexander: Lanarkshire
Miss Mary Scott: Lothian
Ms Nickie Milne: Orkney
Mr Erwin Lai: Shetland
Ms Elaine Wilson: Tayside
Mr Phil Tilley: Western Isles
Lead Clinicians:
Dr Stewart Ferguson: Ayrshire and Arran
Dr Olive Herlihy: Borders
Dr Sebastian Pflanz : Dumfries and Galloway
Dr John Chalmers: Fife
Vacant: Forth Valley
Dr Mark Houliston: Grampian
Dr Andrew Gallacher: Greater Glasgow
Dr Rod Harvey: Highland
Dr Susan Arnott: Lanarkshire
Dr John McKnight: Lothian
Ms June Bacon: Orkney
Dr Pauline Wilson: Shetland
Dr Alistair Emslie-Smith: Tayside
Dr Kesarakodi Achar and Dr Andrew Senior: Western Isles
Dr Donald Pearson: Chair of the Scottish Diabetes Group