Optimal staffing for a good quality inpatient diabetes service
Authors' conclusion
Current inpatient diabetes staffing is much lower than needed in most Trusts who responded to the survey. The JBDS calculator can provide an estimate of the staffing needs of any hospital.
Study context
- Population
- Specialist inpatient diabetes teams in the UK17 Trusts, 30 hospital sites
- Exposure
- Current vs perceived optimal specialist inpatient diabetes staffing
- Outcome
- Diabetes specialist staffing per 100 people with diabetes in hospital (median, IQR)
Methodological detailssurvey, multicentre, Survey organised by the Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for Inpatient Care Group via representative organisations' mailing lists
- Survey
- Multicentre
- Survey organised by the Joint British Diabetes Societies (JBDS) for Inpatient Care Group via representative organisations' mailing lists
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Consultants: current vs optimal
- 0.24 (0.22-0.37) vs 0.65 (0.50-0.88)
- Diabetes inpatient specialist nurses: current vs optimal
- 1.94 (1.22-2.6) vs 3.38 (2.78-4.59)
- Dieticians: current vs optimal
- 0.00 (0.00-0.00) vs 0.48 (0.33-0.72)
- Podiatrists: current vs optimal
- 0.19 (0.00-0.62) vs 0.93 (0.65-1.24)
- Pharmacists: current vs optimal
- 0.00 (0.00-0.37) vs 0.65 (0.40-0.79)
- Psychologists: current vs optimal
- 0.00 (0.00-0.00) vs 0.33 (0.27-0.58)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
JBDS staffing calculator
- Excel calculator produced to estimate staffing needs of any hospital site
Original publication
Optimal staffing for a good quality inpatient diabetes service. Diabet Med. Published 16 June 2023. doi:10.
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