- Patients receiving diabetes care from another doctor (specialist endocrinologist, general physician, or another GP) Other eligibility criteria considerations The HbA1c at entry for newly recruited patients will be monitored centrally. If there is a significant risk that more than 25% of the total study population will have a baseline HbA1c </= 6.5%, then recruitment of subsequent patients will be restricted to those with HbA1c > 6.5%.