Endocrine Abstracts

Basic education about diabetes is a cornerstone to diabetes management but in the UK there was, until recently, no national recognised programme easily available in every Paediatric unit despite several being under development for considerable time.

Children in any age group vary considerably in their ability to learn and accept new responsibilities. Diabetes education, therefore, should be adapted to the individual child’s level of development and understanding. There was a desperate need, at the time, for teams to be able to evidence this ongoing educational as part of best practice tariff.

The goals of diabetes was originally developed in 1996 in Denmark and was a nationally programme. Along with Industry partners, NovoNordisk, this programme was adapted for use in the UK in 2010–2011 and distributed to every paediatric clinic in 2012. The major key elements in its development demanded an evidence-based, structured curriculum which is flexible, quality assured, dynamic and auditable (DoH NICE 2005).

The journey of its development and implementation will be described giving delegated insight into how to utilise the materials and record sheets with practical examples of its use in clinical practice.