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Empowering primary care practitioners to meet the growing challenge of diabetes care in the community

Consultant Physician and Medical Director, Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey, UK, mike.baxter{at}asph.nhs.uk, Graham Toms Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Newham University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

Roger Gadsby

GP and Medical Advisor, Warwick Diabetes Care, University of Warwick, UK

Urmila Griffiths

Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust, Sutton Coldfield, UK

Michael Baxter

Consultant Physician and Medical Director, Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, Chertsey, Surrey, UK

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The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, Vol. 6, No. 6, 245-248 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/14746514060060060101


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