The new diabetes strategy is based around six major goals, each of which has several recommended action points and suggestions for measures of progress. Here are some key points:

Goal 1: Prevent people developing type 2 diabetes

Example: Increase the availability of and demand for healthier food and beverages and reduce the availability of and demand for unhealthy food and beverages through continued implementation of and targeted education on the front-of-pack labelling Health Star Rating system and the Healthy Food Partnership).

Reduce the exposure of children and others to marketing, advertising and promotion, including through sponsorship, of discretionary foods and beverages (e.g. through strengthened voluntary or compulsory advertising measures.

Goal 2: Promote awareness and earlier detection of type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Example: Ensure education and awareness for timely detection among health care providers including early detection of DKA. Develop and implement population screening approaches to reduce DKA.

Identify and implement opportunities for opportunistic screening across health care settings. This may include targeting people presenting to emergency departments or being admitted to hospital for reasons other than diabetes-related health issues. • Promote increased use of risk assessment tools such as AUSDRISK and early detection of diabetes, with a focus on groups at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Goal 3: Reduce the burden of diabetes and its complications and improve quality of life

Example: T2D – Consider offering more intensive dietary interventions to people with type 2 diabetes aiming for remission. T1D; Improve access to affordable medicines and devices; through more efficient pathways for assessment, evaluation and funding that enable timely and equitable access to new diabetes treatments and devices.

Enable mechanisms by which the capacity of the specialist diabetes workforce (diabetologists, endocrinologists and credentialled diabetes educators) is increased to deal with the increasing prevalence of diabetes and its complications.

Goal 4: Reduce the impact of pre-existing and gestational diabetes in pregnancy

Example: Ensure that all women with pre-existing type 1 or type 2 diabetes receive pre-pregnancy programs and advice, coordinated through a collaborative approach across primary and specialist care with allied health professionals.

Goal 5: Reduce the impact of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Example: Promote access to models of care that provide necessary specialist support through regional networks of care, optimising telehealth services and linked facilities for treatment of serious complications of diabetes – particularly heart, kidney, eye and foot disease

Goal 6: Reduce the impact of diabetes among other priority groups

Example: Promote the implementation of relevant guidelines on managing diabetes in older people to inform care and clinical decision-making across health and aged care settings. Ensure that staff in aged care settings are trained in managing diabetes, including recognising and reducing risks of malnutrition.

The full strategy document is available online.