NHS Improvement publishes vacancy data for three staff groups; doctors, nurses and ‘other staff’. These vacancy statistics are published for England and at the regional level of North, Midlands and East, London and South.

They do not specifically produce vacancy data for diabetologists or specialist diabetes Nurses or any vacancy data for each National Health Service hospital or clinic.

NHS Digital published the latest NHS Improvement vacancy data which is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-vacancies-survey/february-2015---march-2019-provisional-experimental-statistics

Information on the number of diabetes coaches and diabetes specialist nurses who are employed in each Health Education England (HEE) region is not held centrally.

Information on the number of training places funded by HEE for diabetes coaches and diabetes specialist nurses is not held centrally.

The NHS Long Term Plan commits to continue to support local health systems to address inequality of access to multidisciplinary foot care teams and specialist nursing support for people who have diabetes.

NHS England has made £80 million transformation funding available to clinical commissioning groups and sustainability transformation partnerships during 2017/18 and 2018/19 to deliver a programme focused on reducing variation and improving outcomes for people with diabetes.

£9.8 million has been made available to put in place 30 new or expanded diabetes inpatient specialist nurse teams, reducing the lengths of hospital stays for people with diabetes through reducing medication errors and advising on effective treatment.

The information requested is not centrally held.

Clinical commissioning groups are responsible for commissioning diabetes services and technologies for their local populations including access to diabetes specialist nurse phone lines. They are also expected to take National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines into consideration when making their decisions.

The information requested is not centrally held.

Transformation funding for inpatient diabetes specialist nurse teams will serve to increase capacity and time available to support patients with more complex needs.

It is in the best interests of employers to encourage and support the learning and development of their employees. Any agreements, such as protected study time, would need to be negotiated between the employer and its employees.

Individual health professionals, including diabetes specialist nurses, have responsibility to own and manage their own learning to ensure they meet the continuing professional development (CPD) standards to remain registered with the regulatory body.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) require 35 hours of CPD relevant to scope of practice as a nurse or midwife in the three year period since registration was last renewed, or joining the register. The NMC does not prescribe any particular type of CPD, it is up to registered nurses to decide what activity is most useful for their development as a professional. A range of free online training resources for National Health Service staff are available at the e-Learning for Healthcare website at the following link:

https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has commissioned Baroness Dido Harding Chair of NHS Improvement, working closely with Sir David Behan, Chair of Health Education England, to oversee the delivery of a workforce implementation plan. This will include proposals to grow the workforce, consideration of additional staff and skills required, building a supportive working culture in the NHS and how to ensure first rate leadership for NHS staff. This will include consideration of the workforce aspects of clinical priorities, including diabetes.

The information requested is not centrally held.

The National Diabetes Audit does not hold the data requested at constituency level. NHS Digital were able to provide the following data that details the percentage achievement of the three National Institute for Health and Care Excellence-recommended treatment targets in England and within NHS Enfield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

Percentage of people with diabetes in NHS Enfield CCG achieving all three treatment targets by diabetes type, 2016-17

Information regarding the number of Diabetes Specialist Nurses is not centrally held.

At present, there have been no decisions made on how the additional funding recently announced by the Government will be distributed across the National Health Service, including diabetes services. NHS England is currently undertaking further work to consider how the additional funding can best be spent for the benefit of patients, with decisions to be taken in due course.

The information held by NHS Digital is based upon the National Workforce Data Set (NWD) which records nationally consistent information about the healthcare workforce for the purposes of monitoring and workforce planning, but does not capture a sufficient level of detail to allow the investigation of very specialist services.

NHS Digital are leading on a review of NWD codes, this review will consider whether a specific code for diabetic specialist nurses is appropriate. At present NHS Digital is engaged in a sub-group of the Workforce Information Review Group which is tasked with producing proposals to overhaul the NWD with respect to the nursing workforce. Part of this work includes giving consideration to current data gaps, and this will be focusing on the ability to capture information regarding diabetic specialist nurses, provided this is considered a distinct role and something which can practically be captured as part of standard coding – this is not always possible, for example where a role which is not clearly defined or effectively cuts across many other roles rather than being a distinct role in its own right.

Podiatrists and chiropodists are recorded under a single set of occupation codes as together they represent just one of the 16 professions requiring registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.

NHS Digital has not received any requests, to date, to capture data specifically about podiatrists as opposed to the current joint data capture with chiropodists. In future there is likely to be a review of the current coding, guidance, data quality and analysis related to Allied Health Professional staff, and this question could then be asked of any such group as part of its review.

All pre-registration nurses undertake training on the management of diabetes. It is incumbent on individuals to remain updated on diabetes as part of their Nursing and Midwifery Council registration under the scope of practice. This includes diabetes knowledge, management, and delivery systems.

Individual employers are responsible for funding and supporting staff with the continuing professional development (CPD) needed to maintain their professional registration so that they can continue their clinical practice in their organisation.

In addition to CPD, which is necessary for clinical staff to maintain their professional registration, Health Education England invests around £350 million each year in workforce transformation to develop and upskill the current National Health Service workforce.

The Diabetes Transformation Fund, set out in the NHS Shared Planning Guidance 2017 to 2019, describes transformation funding for supporting improvement in the treatment and care of people with diabetes; this can include funding for CPD training. Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/diabetes/diabetes-prevention/diabetes-transformation-fund/

All pre-registration nurses undertake training on the management of diabetes. It is incumbent on individuals to remain updated on diabetes as part of their Nursing and Midwifery Council registration under the scope of practice. This includes diabetes knowledge, management, and delivery systems.

Individual employers are responsible for funding and supporting staff with the continuing professional development (CPD) needed to maintain their professional registration so that they can continue their clinical practice in their organisation.

In addition to CPD, which is necessary for clinical staff to maintain their professional registration, Health Education England invests around £350 million each year in workforce transformation to develop and upskill the current National Health Service workforce.

The Diabetes Transformation Fund, set out in the NHS Shared Planning Guidance 2017 to 2019, describes transformation funding for supporting improvement in the treatment and care of people with diabetes; this can include funding for CPD training. Further information is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/diabetes/diabetes-prevention/diabetes-transformation-fund/

Information regarding advertisements for the recruitment of diabetes specialist nurses, and the number of recruited and employed diabetes specialist nurses by individual sustainability and transformation partnerships is not centrally held.

Information regarding advertisements for the recruitment of diabetes specialist nurses, and the number of recruited and employed diabetes specialist nurses by individual sustainability and transformation partnerships is not centrally held.

The information requested is not centrally held.

Information regarding advertisements for the recruitment of diabetes specialist nurses, and the number of recruited and employed diabetes specialist nurses by individual sustainability and transformation partnerships is not centrally held.

There are currently no national plans to introduce a Diabetes Specialist Nurses qualification.

Diabetes nurse training is currently available as part of a post graduate course offered by a number of universities which would be funded locally as part of on-going continuous professional development.

It is the responsibility of the Nursing and Midwifery Council to set the required standards for nurse practice in order for qualifications to be recognised on the nursing register.

The information requested is not held centrally.

NHS Digital provides information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the National Health Service in England but it does not separately identify diabetes specialist nurses.

It is for local NHS organisations with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population to invest in training for specialist skills such as diabetes nursing and to deploy specialist nurses.

NHS Digital provides information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the National Health Service in England but it does not separately identify diabetes specialist nurses.

It is for local NHS organisations with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population to invest in training for specialist skills such as diabetes nursing and to deploy specialist nurses.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre provides information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the National Health Service in England but it does not separately identify diabetes specialist nurses.

It is for local NHS organisations with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population to invest in training for specialist skills and to deploy specialist nurses.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre provides information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the National Health Service in England but it does not separately identify diabetes specialist nurses.

It is for local NHS organisations with their knowledge of the healthcare needs of their local population to invest in training for specialist skills and to deploy specialist nurses.