The submission deadline for the Diabetes Transformation Fund is today at 5pm.
I can almost hear the collective sigh of relief from everyone across the country involved in creating these extensive and complicated bids.
And you are all absolutely amazing.
Hours and hours of meetings and
work have been ploughed into developing the bids. Putting a finger in the wind I suspect that
nearly every CCG in the country will be a part of one or more bids. That’s absolutely fantastic. To complete the documents required has been a
labour of love. As always, NHS staff,
have given up hours of their own time to ensure that they have submitted the
best bids they can. It also demonstrates
the importance that CCGs/STPs/Providers places on care for people with
diabetes. They have gone above and beyond to get the best they can for people
with diabetes.
Everyone has approached the bids
in different ways. Some have done a
careful analysis of local needs and have bid for their priority area in the 4
bid categories (Multidisciplinary Foot Care Teams, Diabetes Inpatient Nursing,
Treatment targets and Structured Patient Education). Some have hedged their bets and have put in a
bid for all 4 categories. Some have bid
as a single CCG and some have bid in line with local patient pathways or STP
footprints. Some CCGs have done a single
bid and a collaborative bid.
All have gone above and beyond.
All have worked extremely hard. If the
bid evaluation was just based on effort and commitment alone everyone deserves
some funding to support their plans for diabetes.
However, we know that if nearly
every CCG does have at least 1 or more bids the chances are that it will add up
to more than the £44m pot available. We
know that this is competitive process. We
know that there is potential for some to have put the effort in but will be
disappointed. This funding will not solve all the issues that we are being
asked to address, through the "STP Diabetes Aide Memoire" but every bit will
help.
Whatever happens, the richness of
conversations that the bid process has created has been fantastic. The discussions across boundaries, the
further understanding of local need prompted by the bid process can only go
towards supporting what has to be delivered in the CCG Improvement and Assessment Framework and the Diabetes STP Aide Memoire. None of this effort
will be wasted
Ultimately you had to be in it in
win it. Everyone has done their level
best to compete for a little bit extra for their local services. Like an exam, you have done all the hard
work, you have done everything you can.
We hope to hear the outcome of
the bids by mid March 2017.
You have all gone above and
beyond. You are all amazing. Good
luck.
