EFFECTIVE today, pharmacists across 10 GP surgeries in Devon, UK, will test new guidelines, which aim to prompt clinicians to modify hypoglycaemic targets for frail older people with type 2 diabetes.
New guidance, which is the first in the UK to include specific recommendations for treating frail older people according to their own individual hypoglycaemic target, is being piloted by pharmacists working in GP surgeries across South West England.
Over the 18 month pilot period, generalist pharmacists will test the guidance, which recommends introducing a frailty assessment pathway for older patients as part of routine diabetes management to allow more appropriate and safer treatment to be employed.
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