Examining the impact of Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nursing in acute trusts in London

Aims To examine if the introduction of Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurses impacted on length stay and rates readmission. Design Knowledge discovery through data mining as part a larger realist evaluation role. Methods Data from January 2017 to 2019 was extracted examined. A subset performance July 2017–November 2018 analysed. This consisted 7320 records for Hospital Episode Statistics 272 incident reports (Datix). The were analysed via Generalised Linear Model regression routines in R. Analysis readmission utilized binary logistic regression, while Length Stay count method employed. Results Four trusts found have complete rich sets. All Trusts that returned varying decreased reduced rates. In two there significant decreases patient readmissions after Nurses. marked decrease (approximately half) one London trust post. Issues with quality noted. Conclusion Reduced rate since Patient safety incomplete varied significantly between trusts. Impact project sought understand impact employing hospitals London. Overall, specialist nurses helped reduce readmissions. research will an workforce diabetes also people who need hospital care.