In 2005, Queensland Health initiated the redevelopment of the Standard Care Pathway for Diabetes (2000). In late 2006, General Practice Queensland circulated the updated Diabetes Standard Care Pathway to seek feedback on the usefulness of the information and format with General Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Pharmacists and Division staff.

Feedback indicated that the utilisation of the Standard Care Pathway would be problematic in General Practice. While overall comments supported the usefulness of the information provided and the care pathway, it was widely noted that there was limited use of the poster format in the practice setting. Feedback suggested that ‘online or electronic versions of this resource should be considered to enable access from the web’.

There was a clear need for the Standard Care Pathway to be redeveloped into a format that facilitated effective utilisation in a practice and community setting. This project aimed to achieve this and enhance the capacity of the primary health care sector to improve the management of Type 2 Diabetes within the primary care setting.