The National Diabetes Transition Audit (NDTA) is a joint enterprise between the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) and the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) measuring the care of young people with diabetes during the transition from paediatric diabetes services to adult diabetes services.
This is the second published report for the NDTA and contains linked data from the NPDA and NDA for the audit period 2011-12 to 2016-17. The report focuses on young people with Type 1 diabetes.
Making clinical audit data transparent
In his transparency and open data letter to Cabinet Ministers on 7 July 2011, the Prime Minister made a commitment to make clinical audit data available from the national audits within the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme.
What information is being made available?
National Diabetes Transition Audit data for 2011-17 is available at England and Wales, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Local Health Board (LHB) and Specialist Diabetes Service level for:
- Participation
- Patient demographics
- Prevalence
- Diabetes characteristics
Using and interpreting the data
Data from the National Diabetes Insulin Pump Audit should not be looked at in isolation when assessing standards of care.
Accessing the data
The data are being made available on the data.gov website. Local Health Boards and Specialist Diabetes Services are identified by name and organisation code.
What does the data cover?
The audit looks at the following areas:
- Care processes
- Treatment targets
- Structured Education
- Paediatric Services
- Adult Services
- Service Moves
What period does the data cover?
This data covers the top level findings from the 2011-17 National Diabetes Transition Audit for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2017. This National Report was published on 10 January 2019.
