Respect, engage, change – it's time to end the white noise

Abstract The burning question at the moment is ‘What we can do to optimise delivery of diabetes care?’ Fundamental questions need be raised as to how far we respect each other's professional positions, how far we actually engage with patients and what we can do to improve these vital relationships. We need to look at the power of social media, as to how it could help us engage with each other cutting across all boundaries, whether it be between professional ranks or patients. How can we genuinely put the patient in charge of services, be guided by them to achieve a higher quality diabetes service all across the country? In essence, the time has come for us to respect each other, and engage not just in words but in action – and have the boldness to change. In the words of Barack Obama: ‘Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.’ It is time to shake off the rhetoric and make excellence a norm, not an exception. It is time to stop the white noise, it is time to do. The time for siloed working must be over: patients with diabetes deserve much more than that.
Source: Practical Diabetes International - Category: Endocrinology Authors: Tags: STATE OF THE ART LECTURE Source Type: research