We are a small inner city surgery from Newport, Wales. Our patients come from a variety of culture and race, with a predominance of Asian population, which is most likely why the prevalence of diabetes is high in our practice comparing to national incidence of diabetes.  
Wales statistic shows that DM in Wales varies between 4.32-5.7% depending on area.(1) Our surgery has an incidence of DM of 9.23 % of our total population.
As part of National Guidelines,   patients with diabetes require to have regular reviews which includes: HBa1c, BMI, BP,  kidney function, lipids, smoking status, foot check and retinopathy screening.
With this retrograde study we wanted to to review our work in treating and monitoring our diabetic patients as a starting point for further improvement in our practice.

Diabetes mellitus: from national guidelines screening to practice