The Structured Chronic Disease Prevention & Management Programme consists of three components:

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1. Opportunistic Case Finding (OCF)

   • The Opportunistic Case Finding Programme aims to identify those at high risk for the Preventive Programme (PP) and those with undiagnosed listed Chronic Disease for the CDM Treatment Programme.

2. Prevention Programme (PP)

   • The Annual Preventive Programme focuses on patients at high risk of Cardiovascular Disease and/or Diabetes

3. Chronic Disease Management (CDM) Treatment Programme

   • The CDM Treatment Programme comprises of 2 reviews per annum, for patients with the diseases detailed below.

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Read HSE circulars and information here.

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This programme is designed to enable the GP to divide his/her patient population into the following three groups for focused patient care:

1. General Population

2. High Risk Population

3. Diagnosed Chronic Disease Population

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Note: This programme only covers patient’s resident in the community. Nursing home patients are excluded as this the programme was designed as a practice-based programme.

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