Characteristics of service in secondary care (responses from 171 consultant diabetologists and 171 consultant obstetricians from 184 units)
| Characteristic | Number of doctors replying yes (%) |
|---|---|
| Type of hospital (n = 342) | |
| District general | 245 (71.6) |
| Teaching | 95 (27.8) |
| Other | 2 (0.6) |
| Has a joint diabetes/obstetric clinic (n = 342) | 336 (98.2) |
| If joint clinic, is this a consultant-led service? (n = 326) | 325 (99.7) |
| If joint clinic, is it a multidisciplinaryteam (n = 326) | 324 (99.4) |
| If joint clinic, is the multidisciplinaryteam completea (n = 336) | 255 (78.2) |
↵a A complete team includes an obstetrician, diabetes physician, diabetes specialist nurse, dietician, and midwife.