National Diabetes Insulin Pump Audit for England and Wales, 2017-18

National Diabetes Insulin Pump Audit data for 2017-18 provides information on people with Type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps across England and Wales. The Government Digital Service published this audit covering participation, patient demographics, prevalence, care processes, and treatment targets. This National Report was published on 8 August 2019 for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2018.

Use Cases

• Analyzing regional disparities in insulin pump adoption based on Local Health Board-level data.
• Studying the relationship between care process completion and treatment targets for pump users.
• Modeling patient demographics and diabetes characteristics of the insulin pump user population.
• Evaluating reasons for starting insulin pump therapy and associated outcomes.

Strengths

• Data is available at three geographical levels: England and Wales, Local Health Board, and Specialist Diabetes Service.
• Covers multiple audit areas including reason for starting pump therapy, care processes, treatment targets, and structured education.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified beyond the 2017-18 period.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Clinical audit data collected as part of the National Diabetes Audit (NDA).

Time Range

1 January 2017 to 31 March 2018

Freshness

Covers 2017-18; last updated date unknown.

Geography

England and Wales