The service aspires to a collaborative alliance contract within Barnsley to deliver an integrated diabetes pathway service model.

The elements of the service that apply to the community specialist nurse and out-patient provision.

The specification forms part of an Integrated Diabetes Pathway and further details of the pathway are incorporated in Appendix A to the specification.

The two elements of this service will be offered as a single contract to a provider, lead provider, or provider consortia.

Community Specialist Nurse

Outpatient Provision.

The vision for diabetes care in Barnsley is:

— To decrease the prevalence, morbidity and mortality from Diabetes in Barnsley.

— To enhance the quality of life for people living with diabetes in Barnsley.

— To enable people with diabetes to receive an early diagnosis, to receive the information and support they need to manage their diabetes and to lead as full and active life as possible and for their carers to feel well supported.

— People with diabetes will have their individual needs assessed and receive coordinated services, throughout the care pathway with high quality care close to home, from appropriately trained and skilled practitioners who treat them as equal partners of care.

It is expected that an integrated diabetes pathway will result in:

— Better outcomes for patients and carers affected by diabetes,

— Reduction in inequalities,

— Reduction in secondary care activity,

— Improved coordination of care,

— Improved self-management of condition.

It is expected that an integrated diabetes pathway will result in:

— Better outcomes for patients and carers affected by diabetes,

— Reduction in inequalities,

— Reduction in secondary care activity,

— Improved coordination of care,

— Improved self-management of condition.