FOI Ref: 0067FOI1920 

26th July 2019 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information 

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below: 

Request/ Response  

On the 14th May we launched Diabetes UK’s report and campaign addressing the links between diabetes and emotional and mental health. We contacted you last month with the report and its findings. 

We know there is encouraging work being done, and we want to know more about where these services are being commissioned, and how many people living with diabetes are accessing them. 

We are also keen to learn more about the roll out of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Long Term Conditions services. 

1. How many specialist adult diabetes multi-disciplinary teams do you commission in your CCG area?

We do not hold this information, please contact Sheffield health and Social Care NHS Trust as the provider of this pathway. Contact – foi@shsc.nhs.uk

2. How many people are currently under the care of each specialist adult diabetes multi-disciplinary team in your CCG area?

Please see response to Q1. 

3. How many whole time equivalent mental health professionals do you commission as part of each specialist adult diabetes multi-disciplinary team, and which part of the service are they aligned to? 

Please see response to Q1.

4. Have you commissioned an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies – Long Term Conditions and Medically Unexplained Symptoms (IAPT-LTC) service?

Yes we have commissioned this pathway.  

5. If yes, have you commissioned a diabetes pathway as part of the IAPT-LTC service?

 

Yes we have commissioned this pathway 

6. If yes, and the service has been running for over 6 months, how many people with diabetes have been referred to IAPT-LTC services in your CCG area in each month in the last six months (between 1^st January 2019 and 30^th June 2019)?

Please see response to Q1.

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