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Family Practice 2007 24(1):1-2; doi:10.1093/fampra/cml077
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Editorial

Improving care for patients with diabetes: the role of simple reminders

AC Felix Burdena,b

a Honourable Reader in Medical and Social Care Education, University of Leicester
b Consultant Director of Chronic Disease Management, Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust, Diabetic Care, Carver Street, Hockley, Birmingham B1 3AS, UK

Correspondence to AC Felix Burden, Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust, Diabetic Care, Carver Street, Hockley, Birmingham B1 3AS, UK; Email: felix.burden@hobtpct.nhs.uk

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It is now accepted that the correct place for routine management of the person with diabetes is in primary care with supporting services from specialists; various models of such care have been recently described.1

The paper describing a ‘logistics support service’ by Marianne Meulepas et al.2 suggests that simple recall of patients for blood and annual review checks improves diabetic control, with an HbA1c improvement of 0.7% when compared with the control. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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