Ardens has created a suite of searches to assist practices with identifying diabetic patients who may meet the eligibility criteria for prescribing a continuous glucose monitor on the NHS.

To Locate the searches, navigate to the Population Reporting module > Ardens Searches > 5.1 Ardens Conditions Reports > Conditions – Diabetes > Continuous Glucose Monitoring folder.

The first 3 searches in this folder identify patients coded with Type 2 Diabetes, issued insulin and either on the dementia or learning disability register or coded with recurrent/severe hypos, or impaired hypo awareness.  You may wish to review these patients, as they may meet the criteria to be prescribed a continuous glucose monitor on the NHS.

The last search in this folder identifies patients aged 18yr or over, coded with Type 1 Diabetes eligible to be prescribed a continuous glucose monitor.

Run a Search

To run an individual search, highlight the search and click Run on the ribbon (to run the whole folder, highlight the folder and select Run), alternatively right click and select Run.  A box will pop up asking if you want to ‘Run Report?’ Click Yes:

The Population Included tab in the bottom half of the screen will display a list of the patients included in the results of your search:

If you require any further assistance on the process above, please contact Ardens support on: support-emis@ardens.org.uk