Each site consisted of a primary care trust, participating general practices, and one or more linked unscheduled care setting (such as an emergency department, walk-in centre, out of hours service).
Forty-five (out of acute 156) NHS Trusts participated in the pilot.
Two hundred and thirty medical professionals from 31 trusts participated in the review visits.
Most (52/60) NHS Trusts participated, comprising a total of 133 mental health inpatient rehabilitation units.
21 mental health Trusts participated in the baseline audit in 2006, submitting data on screening for 1966 patients, while 32 Trusts participated in the 2012 audit, submitting data on 1591 patients.
Stage and PS data were entered into LUCADA by trusts participating in the audit.
Data on openings and closures of maternity units collected from all NHS trusts participating in the cohort study.
This study confirms a previous single-centre report that hypoglycaemia occurs more commonly at night-time/early morning in NHS Trusts participating in this study.
The number of trusts participating in this audit increased from 40% in 2005 to 85% in England and Wales in 2008.
Each year, approximately 160 English acute NHS trusts participate in the national inpatient survey, and the results of their question scores are published by the CQC.
