Quality Standards for Diabetes Care Toolkit

Assessment tools

Structure

Evidence of local arrangements to ensure that people with diabetes are assessed for psychological problems, which are then managed appropriately.

Process

(a) The proportion of people with diabetes assessed for psychological problems in the past 12 months.

Numerator	The number of people in the denominator receiving an assessment for psychological problems with at least a two item scale in the past 12 months
Denominator	The number of people with diabetes

(b) The proportion of people with diabetes and psychological problems linked in to a local long term conditions programme.

Numerator	The number of people in the denominator who have been linked in to a long term condition programme
Denominator	The number of people with diabetes