Endocrine Abstracts

Aim: To use experience based co-design to improve the Diabetes Transition Service.Design: Young people with diabetes (type 1 and 2) managed by a district general Paediatric Diabetes Team, were invited to attend a focus group. The focus group, held in a local café, afterschool, was facilitated by two members of the Paediatric Diabetes team and the Diabetes Psychologist. A graphic designer attended to support the young people to visually explore and c...

Introduction: The diabetes education program for schools and nurseries at an inner city hospital was introduced in 2010. The team offers 3 h sessions ~5–6×/year with the diabetes CNS and specialist diabetes dietician.Aims: To assess the uptake of the sessions; to look at how sessions were offered and delivered; to analyse the evaluation forms filled out by the participants with particular focus on good points and suggestions for improvement; an...

Introduction: The aim of having an away day was to enhance relationships across three sites by improving the understanding of each other’s roles, their contributions and ways to provide mutual support. Also the intention was to establish parity through co-designing common practices of working effectively and developing quality improvement projects.Method: Staff members from three Paediatric Diabetes Teams within the same trust were invited to attend...

Introduction: Denosumab, a human monoclonal antibody that inhibits activation of osteoclasts provides sustained suppression of bone turnover in osteolytic bone disease. Denosumab has rarely been associated with late hypercalcaemia following therapeutic administration for bone tumours in children, bone metastases in adults and in children with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type VI.Case report: A male child of Indian origin was referred for advice to GOSH from a...