Drs Masding and Gatling consider the potential of the new GMS contract in the standardisation of diabetes investigations and treatments in primary care in the light of a 78 practice audit in Dorset. Glycaemic control in patients treated by diet alone and hypertension control were selected as aspects of clinical care where audit could be used to influence outcome.
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