What makes a patient eligible?

1. are on the Diabetes register 
   
2. aged 79 years or under
   
3. have not been classified as living with moderate or severe frailty
   

How to achieve the indicator.

What will remove patients from eligibility?

1. Patients who have been coded as receiving maximal blood pressure therapy in the contract year 
   
2. Patients for whom diabetes quality care was coded unsuitable in the contract year
   
3. Patients who chose not to have their blood pressure recorded or undertake home blood pressure or ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in the contract year
   
4. Patients who chose not to receive diabetes quality indicator care in the contract year
   
5. Patients who have been invited twice (at least 7 days apart) for review with no subsequent blood pressure reading
6. Patients whose most recent BP reading in the contract year was followed by two invites at least 7 days apart (ie: a raised result which needs re-checking)
7. Patient who were diagnosed with diabetes in the last 9 months of the contract year
8. Patients who were newly registered with the practice in the last 9 months of the contract year

If a patient achieves the indicator at any point during the year, any exclusions that have also been added are ignored.

Codes for clinic blood pressure readings (CLINBP_COD)

Codes for diabetes quality indicator care unsuitable for patient (DMPCAPU_COD)