Scottish survey of diabetes services for minority ethnic groups

Hamid R Baradaran,Joan Jamieson,Robin P Knill-Jones,Rafik Gardee

doi:10.1186/1472-6963-6-130

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BackgroundIn the UK, all ethnic minority groups have higher rates of diabetes than the general population. Although there have been a number of projects to assess diabetic care amongst minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom, little is known about the extent to which the needs of ethnic minority groups are actually met by the National Health Service (NHS) Scotland. Therefore we conducted this study to understand of the current situation for diabetes care available to minority ethnic groups in Scotland.MethodsWe conducted this cross-sectional study in all health boards in Scotland. A questionnaire was designed based on expert comments. It was completed by Local Health Care Cooperatives (LHCC) managers, chairs, diabetes specialist nurses and public health practitioners.Results57 of questionnaires were returned (response rate = 69.5%). Of these LHCCs, 71% responded that diabetes was part of their LHCC plan. However 69% answered that ethnic group was not recorded by community services and GPs, and 80% of LHCCs did not monitor trends of complications of diabetes by ethnic group.ConclusionImprovement is needed in quality, completeness, and availability of minority ethnic group data for diabetes at a national level, particularly if NHS Primary Care Organisations are to be responsible for providing diabetes care as laid out in the Scottish Diabetes Framework.

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IntroductionWe conducted this study to understand of the current situation for diabetes care available to minority ethnic groups in Scotland
In the UK, all ethnic minority groups have higher rates of diabetes than the general population
69% answered that ethnic group was not recorded by community services and GPs, and 80% of Local Health Care Cooperatives (LHCC) did not monitor trends of complications of diabetes by ethnic group

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We conducted this study to understand of the current situation for diabetes care available to minority ethnic groups in Scotland. In the UK, all ethnic minority groups have higher rates of diabetes than the general population. Studies in the United Kingdom have shown diabetes prevalence rates of. Type 2 diabetes is up to four times more common in British South Asians than in the indigenous White population [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. Minority ethnic groups comprise 2% (101,677 residents) of the total population in Scotland.

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