The Ardens Condition searches have been designed to support GP practices with the management of specific diseases, including identifying certain trends and highlighting clinical areas that may need attention.
To view activity for diabetes, navigate to the Population Reporting module > Ardens Searches > 4.12 Conditions – Diabetes folder.
The Action folder highlights data quality issues or potential concerns, suggesting clinicians may wish to review the patients records.
The Case Finders folder identities patients whose records indicate they may need coding with Gestational Diabetes. Practices are advised to review the list of patients and add the correct disease code to ensure the patient is subsequently reviewed and managed correctly. More information on the complete suite of Ardens Case Finder searches related to QOF can be found here.
The NDPP/LCD/Digital weight management referrals folder is broken down by subfolders.
The LCD or Pathway to Remission - potentially eligible folder will help practices identify patients with Type 2 Diabetes who may be eligible for referral to the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission Programme. These patients’ records must be clinically checked before referring to ensure that referral is appropriate.
Type 2 diabetes can usually be prevented, and the National Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP) search folder supports practices with monitoring their diabetic and prediabetic patients. The folder contains Audit, Housekeeping and Invitation searches. More information on these searches can be found here.
The Weight management ES eligibility folder identifies patients with either Diabetes or Hypertension eligible for referral under the weight management enhanced service. Due to their conditions, they qualify for referral through the NHS Digital Weight Management Programme.
The Performance Indicators folder contains a further 9 sub-folders.
The Early Onset Type 2 Diabetes (T2DAY) folder provides searches for the younger age group of Type 2 diabetics and is further broken down by:
- 1. Overview – highlights the number of Key Care processes completed.
- 2. Work Done – details the Key Care processes that have been successfully achieved.
- 3. Work to do – identifies the Key Care processes that are still outstanding.
- 4. Treatment Targets – shows specific targets that have not yet been met.
There are 3 Key care processes folders containing a similar suite to the above, each providing data for a different timeframe - the last 15m (National Diabetes audit programme timeframe), fiscal year, and a folder enabling the practice to set the timeframe.
There are separate Overview folders for each type of diabetes, all following the same structure.
The Performance indicators folder offers a comprehensive overview report summarising the performance status for these patients over the past 15 months. Additionally there are detailed reports on performance status for more specific cohorts of diabetic patients.
The Treatment targets folder identifies patients who have not met specific targets.
The final Treatment Targets sub folder identifies achievement.
The Registers folder displays searches for each diabetic register, further identifying patients who are on insulin or other injectables.
Please note - We advise practices not to use the zSubreports search folder, these are searches which the searches in the main folders are built upon.
If you require any further assistance on the process above, please contact Ardens support on: [email protected]