Improving Service Integration and Care for Advanced Disease People with diabetes are managed according to the New Zealand best practice guidelines. Diabetes is a multi-system disorder, and consequently its complications involve many health services. Interventions have been shown to have benefits across the spectrum of complications, but conversely interventions may be contraindicated or become complicated by complications. Close integration of health services is important to timely, optimal and safe treatment of diabetes and its complications. The Let’s Beat Diabetes (LBD) project management team (LBD team) will work closely with health services to identify pathways to improved service integration, where accountabilities lie in terms of operational accountability, and what role LBD will play. Community consultation has supported diabetes in pregnancy as a priority for service improvement and integration.
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