Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) in 2012 reported a twofold increase in the incidence of diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA) admissions from 2005/6 to 2010/11 in children and young people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). The paediatric diabetes best practice tariff (BPT) was introduced in 2012 to incentivise provision of high quality care to those under the age of 19.Aims: We examined DKA admission rates in children and young adul...