Alderson, Priscilla;
(2003)
Patient self-management and empowerment.
Independent Diabetes News Trust
, Jan 20
pp. 14-16.
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Abstract
The government is very worried about the cost of trying to treat diabetes and its complications. The cost is now over 10% of the NHS budget and is set to rise to over 20%. There are not nearly enough staff, time or resources to help everyone with diabetes. Many doctors also say that knowledge and skill are missing. The government has set up a National Services Framework (NSF) for diabetes, to review current treatment and research knowledge, to identify gaps, and plan future services (1). One NSF subcommittee was for patients’ self management and empowerment. An obvious motive is to cut NHS spending by transferring knowledge and responsibility from staff to patients. Another motive is the firm belief among many people that this could lead the way to much more effective diabetes control and better health for people with diabetes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Patient self-management and empowerment |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.iddt.org/ |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10004968 |
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