The clinic combines the overall care for diabetes and coronary heart disease with other vascular conditions such as high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease, peripheral arterial disease and cerebrovascular disease (strokes and TIAs). The reason for this is that many of the checks and tests are the same, and many patients have more than one of these conditions.
Furthermore; we have developed this clinic in a scheme called “Year of Care”. This works in a step wise manner with an initial appointment with the health care assistant and then a follow up “care planning” appointment with the nurse 2 weeks later. Between these two appointments; you will receive a copy of your results and be able to compare them to previous ones and think about what goals you want to work on to help improve your health. In some cases; you may need an appointment with the GP for a medication review or to discuss any other concerns relating to your long term condition. We hope this system will add more to your long term care and motivation to succeed in improving your health outcomes.
