What is the NADC?

The NADC was established in 1994 to explore mechanisms for improving the standard of care available to people with diabetes through Specialist Diabetes Centres and Services.

NADC currently has 76 member centres

What is NADC aims:

Promote the flow of information and collaboration between specialist

diabetes services;

Link non-specialist service providers;

Collect and pool diabetes information data to promulgate improved

standards, methods and models of diabetes care;

Assist NADC member centres maintain standards as centres of excellence.

How is NADC funded?

The ADS and ADEA fund and hold joint responsibility for the

operations of the NADC.

As the NADC has no specific funding they mainly rely on grants,

sponsorships and subscriptions from members, as well as

support from ADS and ADEA to run their activities.

The Key NADC Activities:

1. Australian National Diabetes Information Audit and Benchmarking (ANDIAB)

ANDIAB has been a key NADC project that relies on member centres to collect

clinical data on a national biennial basis.

ANDIAB2 collects data related to diabetes education and self-care.

Reports are provided which enables participants to benchmark their own data against

that of others.

These are important quality assurance activities which promote continuous

improvement in the standard of service provided by Diabetes Centres.

ANDIAB is undergoing a name change and update and is funded for 2013

The Key NADC Activities:

2. Best Practice in Diabetes Centres (BPDC)

The Best Practice in Diabetes Centres Meetings have been a collaboration between

the NADC and Lilly.

There have been 4 meetings in Sydney in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011

The program has been organised by the NADC and sponsored by Lilly

Each NADC member centre is invited to send 1-2 representatives to the meeting.

These meetings are an interactive forum intended to canvass issues important to

Diabetes Services which are beyond the scope of the ADS-ADEA Annual Scientific

Meeting.

The Key NADC Activities:

3. National Foot Care Training Manual

This training manual was developed in collaboration with the Australian

Podiatry Council to train generalists in the identification and care of the

diabetic foot.

A number of resources are provided to participants in a workshop setting to

enable effective implementation of the practices promoted, including a foot

assessment checklist and patient education material.

The Key NADC Activities:

4 . Diabetes Management in the General Care Setting:

A National Training Program for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

This Training Program is currently under review with funding from Lilly.

The training provides a standardised diabetes training program containing introductory

information about diabetes and its management.

The program is aimed at registered and enrolled nurses, allied health staff, and other

staff from other generalist hospital, community, nursing home, and other care facilities

including drug and alcohol and respite care services.

This is made available free of charge to member centres and available to non

members for a fee

Current Projects

Diabetes Database

The NADC data base sub-committee are soon to appoint an IT company to

implement a clinical database for use by NADC Centres

This can serve as a medical record with many other functions and benefits

The program will also be an extremely valuable source of data for practice

evaluation and auditing across all NADC centres

Development of a unique NADC website

This will provide NADC with a valuable communication

tool to improve member information and access

Resources, upcoming events, newsletters and all NADC

forms will be available

www.nadc.net.au

Accreditation

The NADC has commenced an accreditation system for NADC member centres

The aim is to establish NADC Tertiary Diabetes & Care Centres as proven Centres of

Excellence in diabetes care

This is an important part of the process of demonstrating to the Commonwealth and

State Health authorities that NADC Diabetes Centres offer high standard

multidisciplinary care that cannot be replicated in primary care.

Appointment of an NADC Project Manager

The NADC has recently created and appointed a funded project officer

who will ensure all projects are co-ordinated, reviewed and further

developed in a view to adding improved member benefits and

ultimately improving the standard of care for people with diabetes