Best Practice in Nursing Newspaper Issue 1 | Page 11

NHS DIABETES
PREVENTION PROGRAMME
AND THE ROLE OF PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY NURSES

City CCG, Durham County
Council, Herefordshire CCG/
LA, Medway CCG/LA, Salford
CCG/LA and Southwark
Council and CCG. The sites
taking part in the initial phase
of the programme will pilot
new approaches and help
to co-design and implement
the national programme.
The national rollout of the
programme is expected to
commence in 2016/17.

The introduction of the
NHS Diabetes Prevention
Programme, a commitment
of the NHS Five Year Forward
View, is a joint initiative
between NHS England, Public
Health England and Diabetes
UK. It will aim to identify
those at high risk early, and
refer them into an evidencebased behaviour change
programme.

to identify those at risk and
directing them towards
servi