Addressing the landscape of diabetes care within community nursing: Learning from a Sussex‐based service evaluation
Authors' conclusion
This service evaluation uncovered evidence of high workload for community nursing teams. Commissioners should recognise this and the potential for future increases in workload with an ageing population. Glucose control was sub-optimal but hypoglycaemia rates were low.
Study context
- Population
- People receiving community nursing care for insulin administration in one Sussex community trust, UK499 cases identified
- Participants
- 410 people
- Exposure
- T1D vs T2D; by insulin regimen
- Outcome
- Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) glucose metrics by diabetes type
Methodological detailsretrospective review of electronic records, single community trust
- Retrospective review of electronic records
- Single community trust
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
| Group | Value | Hypoglycaemia (median) |
|---|---|---|
| T1D | median 60 | 0.0 |
| T2D | median 62 | 0.0 |
Value
T1Dmedian 60
T2Dmedian 62
Hypoglycaemia (median)
T1D0.0
T2D0.0
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Patient characteristics and nursing visits
- T1D participants were younger and less frail than T2D, with more nursing visits per day
Safety
Median
| Outcome | T1D | T2D |
|---|---|---|
| Hypoglycaemia | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Original publication
Addressing the landscape of diabetes care within community nursing: Learning from a Sussex‐based service evaluation. Diabet Med. Published 24 August 2026. doi:10.
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