Patients taking up offer of Diabetes Prevention Programme - ICP Outcomes Framework - Registered Locality

This dataset shows the percentage of patients with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia who took up an offer to participate in the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (DPP). The indicator reflects engagement with preventative services aimed at reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Data is sourced from the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) and includes patients registered at participating GP practices.

Rationale

The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is a key initiative to reduce the incidence of type 2 diabetes by supporting individuals at high risk through lifestyle interventions. Monitoring the uptake of DPP courses helps assess the reach and effectiveness of the programme and supports efforts to improve early intervention and reduce long-term health complications.

Numerator

The numerator is the number of patients with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia who were offered and did not decline a DPP course, as recorded by GP practices participating in the National Diabetes Audit.

Denominator

The denominator includes all patients with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia registered at GP practices that participated in the National Diabetes Audit.

Caveats

Some individuals with diabetes may be excluded from the dataset if they were not registered with a GP practice at the time of data collection. This may affect the completeness of the data and the accuracy of the reported uptake rate.

External References

More information is available from the following source:

• National Diabetes Audit - NDH & DPP

Localities Explained

This dataset contains data based on either the resident locality or registered locality of the patient, a distinction is made between resident locality and registered locality populations:

• Resident Locality refers to individuals who live within the defined geographic boundaries of the locality. These boundaries are aligned with official administrative areas such as wards and Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs).
• Registered Locality refers to individuals who are registered with GP practices that are assigned to a locality based on the Primary Care Network (PCN) they belong to. These assignments are approximate—PCNs are mapped to a locality based on the location of most of their GP surgeries. As a result, locality-registered patients may live outside the locality, sometimes even in different towns or cities.

This distinction is important because some health indicators are only available at GP practice level, without information on where patients actually reside. In such cases, data is attributed to the locality based on GP registration, not residential address.

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