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ea0017p47 | (1) | BSPED2008

Pilot study to improve attendance rates at paediatric diabetes clinics

Natarajan A , Sharma D , Aswani D , Gunn E , Taylor P , Ince A

Diabetes mellitus like all chronic illnesses requires lifelong management (self or guided) with regular health professional support and supervision. Non-attendance at outpatient clinics (OPD) is a common cause of inefficiency in our current health care system causing undue wastage of clinician time and resources and potentially lengthening waiting times.Aim: The aim of our pilot project was to improve our diabetes OPD from the current attendance of 78% t...