One of the ways the NHS ensures that services meet national standards is by agreeing guidelines for how best to manage different conditions. In Lanarkshire we have a variety of diabetes guidelines that have been approved and a number of others under development. Guideline production and updating is the responsibility of the Managed Clinical Network (MCN) Clinical Governance Group.
Below is a list of approved guidelines:
- Acute Management of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Adults (Scottish Guidelines are currently being written for this and should be available shortly)
- Care Home Guidelines
- Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines
- Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) and Investigation of Hyperglycaemia guideline
- Hypertension
- Hypoglycaemia
- Lanarkshire New Kidney Function Test Guidelines
- Post Miocardial Infarction (MI) Pathway
- Post Miocardial Infarction (MI) Stages
- Renal Referral Guideline
- Stop Smoking
Guidelines under development:
- Glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes
- Hyperlipedemia
- Insulin administration in hospital
- Lipid management
- Prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes
- Management of chronic kidney disease
- Management of people with diabetes in labour undergoing caesarean section