NADC Overview Feb 2018

1. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF
DIABETES CENTRES
Promoting excellence in diabetes care

2. Improving the ability of Australian diabetes
services to deliver better health outcomes for
people with, or at risk of developing diabetes

3. National collective of Diabetes Centres established in 1994.
Promotes mechanisms for improving the standard of care available to
people with, or at risk of diabetes through diabetes centres and
Promoting excellence in diabetes care
What is the NADC?

4. Collaboration
and Education
Leadership,
Policy and
Direction
Sustainability
Quality
Improvement
and
Benchmarking
• Promote the flow of information
and collaboration between
diabetes services
• Link service providers
• Pool diabetes information data
• Improve standards, methods
and models of diabetes care
• Assist NADC member centres to
maintain standards as centres of
excellence
Aims of the NADC

5. • Membership with NADC is open to any group of healthcare
professionals who have an active involvement in diabetes care, are
committed to the goals and objectives of the NADC and to monitoring
the outcomes of their services.
• The NADC is there to support all organisations and health care
professionals providing diabetes care and services.
• Membership is organisation based not individual based (unlike RACGP
& ADS).
• To become a member, apply online at nadc.net.au
Who is the NADC for?

6. Key Focus Areas
• Membership
• Mapping of services
• Member resources
• ANDA
• Accreditation
• National Diabetes Care Course
• BPDC
• ADATS
• Pharmacies
• Foot Network
• App

7. Structure of the NADC

8. There are currently over 120 NADC
services across Australia
2015 2016 2017
Current membership
and a list of
accredited centres
can be found on the
NADC website at
www.nadc.net.au.
NADC Membership
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Number of NADC Centres

9. Where are we?

10. NADC Membership
There are six types of NADC member
centres
1. Centres of Excellence
2. Tertiary Care Diabetes Services
Centres
3. Secondary Care Diabetes Services
4. Primary Care Diabetes Services
5. Pharmacy Diabetes Services
6. Network Members
Information about each level of
membership can be found at
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Network
Pharmacy
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
COE
Type of Service

11. Levels of Membership
Centres of
Excellence
Tertiary
Care
Diabetes
Services
Secondary
Care
Diabetes
Services
Primary
Care
Diabetes
Services
$260 $165$190 $65
Information about levels of membership can be
found at the NADC website – www.nadc.net.au.
Pharmacy
Diabetes
Services
Network
Members
$190 FREE

12. How is NADC Funded?
• The Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) is responsible for the operations of the
NADC
• In 2015 the NADC began its journey to become financially independent. In 2016
this goal was achieved
• Member centres pay an annual membership
• A review of how NADC is to sustain funding was commenced in 2015 and
progress toward a sustaining member model was pursued which includes
unrestricted funding support of NADC projects by industry partners
• Exploration of future funding partnerships will be explored

13. Key NADC Focus Areas 2017
Foot Network
National Curriculum
Collaboration & Integration
Models of Care / Hub & Spoke
Accreditation
BPDC
Best Practice in Diabetes Centres Symposium
ANDS
Australian National Diabetes Strategy
National Clinical Standards
Resource Repository
ADATSAustralasian Diabetes Advancements and Technologies Summit

14. Best Practice in Diabetes Centres Symposium
(BPDC)
Guideline /
position
statement
development
Annual Event
Invitation
only
Consensus
building
Promoting Collaboration
and Integration
Highly
select
speakers
Focused
discussions
Information Sharing
Key
opinion
holders

15. 72%
23%
5%
Overall Rating
Excellent
Very Good
Good
2016 BPDC
Satisfaction Survey
33%
48%
19%
Meeting Expectations
A lot better
than expected
Better than
expected
About what I
expected
Extremely
helpful
38%Very
helpful
56%
Content
Extremely
engaging
38%
Engaging
56%
Speakers
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Learning Opportunities
Extremely valuable Very valuable
Somewhat valuable Not at all valuable
82%
16%
2%0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
EXTREMELY LIKELY VERY LIKELY LIKELY
Future Attendance

16. Australian National Diabetes Audit
(ANDA)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
1
Participant Centres
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

17. Accreditation
Education
Clinical
Governance
Accredited
Centres
2018
37
The NADC Accreditation
Standards 3.0 is the only one
of its kind globally to offer a
three-pronged approach
incorporating best practice
in:
• Educational
• Clinical
• Governance areas

18. 1) Status & Reputation
2) Recognition
3) Knowledge-sharing
4) Quality Improvement
5) Benchmarking
6) Business Expansion
7) Service Improvement
Benefits of Accreditation
Accreditation is free for NADC
Member Centres!
Find out more at:
nadc.net.au/accreditation

19. All NADC member centres
It’s important to note:
NADC Accreditation is not mandatory, however…
Successful accreditation is required in order to be recognised as an
“NADC Accredited Centre” in the following categories:
Tertiary,
Care,
Affiliate member or
Pharmacy
Who Can Apply for NADC Accreditation?

20. In Australia …
Diabetes centres are generally accredited via overarching hospital or RACGP
accreditation, however…
• Some services can miss out as not all hospital-based diabetes services are
involved in the accreditation process
• Diabetes centres which operate in the community or in a medical
centre/pharmacy are not specifically assessed against diabetes accreditation
standards
NADC has filled the accreditation gap; providing all diabetes centres
the opportunity to participate in quality and safety improvement.

21. Centres of Excellence (COE)
The NADC Accreditation Standards for Centres of
Excellence recognise excellence in clinical,
education, service advocacy and policy leadership
on a national scale in the provision of diabetes
care
Next round open 2019.

22. Centres of Excellence Accreditation
Development of a new level of NADC membership - Centres of Excellence was
completed in 2015. This process identified 4 outstanding organisations providing
diabetes care and services at an extremely high standard. In 2017 a further the
Royal Melbourne Hospital Diabetes and Endocrinology Service was also
awarded a Centre of Excellence.
• Canberra Hospital
• Monash Health
• Royal Melbourne
• Princess Margaret Hospital
• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Gold Standard in best practice diabetes care

23. Diabetes Foot Care
The NADC has developed a Foot Network (NADC-FN)
• Surveying member centres on what services are currently available
• Developing definitions of and standards of excellence for High Risk Foot
Service
• Commencing accreditation for High Risk Foot Services
• Supporting a geographic mapping process of High Risk Foot Services across
Australia

24. Australian National Diabetes Strategy (ANDS)
• The NADC continues to actively
support strategies that work toward
implementing the ANDS
• Meetings with key stakeholders
• BPDC 2016 had a strong focus on
ANDS
• Discussions with key members of
ANDS Implementation group
• Opportunities for involvement by
member centres including a Delphi
survey

25. National Diabetes Care Course
Interactive online platform
Developed to provide healthcare providers in a range of
general care settings with current knowledge of diabetes
clinical management and self care regulation
The course provides:
• Learning videos
• 24 hour a day access
• Online assessments
• Certificates on module completion

26. National Diabetes Care Course
Contains 10 learning modules covering topic including:
1. What is diabetes
2. Chronic complications
3. Lifestyle issues
4. Diabetes medicines
5. Acute complications
6. Self monitoring of diabetes
7. Groups with special needs
8. Support services
9. Managing diabetes in general practice
10. Diabetes and technology

27. Membership & Resource Repository

28. Membership Resource Repository

30. Influential
key opinion
leaders
Plenary
presentations
Information
sharing
Workshops
Interactive
Demonstrations
Best
practice
innovations
Networking
Advanced
diabetes
technologies
Ground
breaking
therapeutics
October 20, 2017
Sydney, Australia

31. Key aims of the Foot Network
• Set national HRFS standards
• Lead a national HRFS excellence accreditation process
• Complete geographical mapping of HRFS
• Detail and deliver targeted health professional education
• Support clinical trials research network
NADC Foot Network

32. NADC Pharmacy Support

33. Member Communications
• Communication to member centres continues to be
an important part of the NADC
• Bimonthly member newsletters have been sent via
email using MailChimp which allows us to track
newsletter statistics
• Bimonthly industry partner newsletters sent via email
using MailChimp

34. Our App
• Download our app for quick access to all our resources!

35. • Certification of current Membership and Accreditation certificate if attained
• Eligibility to apply for NADC accreditation
• Discount on accreditation application fee
• Eligibility to participate in the annual ANDA audits
• Provision of individualised ANDA reports including data to facilitate
benchmarking of the centre against its peers, and a Certificate of Participation
• Eligibility to attend the Best Practice in Diabetes Centres symposium
• Access to the NADC Newsletter
• Tips for quality improvement and generating funding
Members have access to a range of resources and opportunities to
assist them in achieving best practice in service delivery and care
through:
Member Benefits

36. • Free access to diabetes resources and tools in the ‘member only’ section which
includes NADC training packages, video presentations, webinars and free
advertising of positions vacant
• Participation in the NADC annual meeting at the ADS/ADEA Annual Scientific
Meeting.
• NADC will act on behalf of the Centre in representations to government to support
better diabetes care in Australia
• ADS will act on behalf of NADC in representations to government to support better
diabetes care in Australia
• Collaboration and integration with diabetes services across the care spectrum
• Discount of 10% on NADC membership renewal fees when paid on or before the
due date
• Discounts on registration to NADC events including the Best Practice in Diabetes
Centres (BPDC) Symposium and Australasian Diabetes Advancements and
Technologies Summit (ADATS)
Members have access to a range of resources and opportunities to assist
them in achieving best practice in service delivery and care through:
Member Benefits

37. Find, Contact, Follow, Like, Connect…
www.nadc.net.au
@NADCaustralia /NADCaustralia
admin@nadc.net.au
/company/nadcaustralia @nadcaustralia
NADC Australia Keep in touch!

38. Team Work