Endocrine Abstracts

The diabetes and endocrinology consultant survey has been running for a number of years aiming to look at workforce issues faced by our speciality. It started originally as a paper based survey that was sent out to all consultants in the UK but has since migrated to an online survey hosted by the Royal College of Physicians which is sponsored by three societies – The Society for Endocrinology, The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists and Diabetes UK. The aim of ...

Introduction: Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey had been a negative HbA1c outlier for 3 consecutive years. The Children’s and Young People’s (CYP) diabetes team embarked upon the RCPCH National CYP Diabetes Quality Improvement (QI) Programme in November 2019. There was little qualitative data on ward nurse education, however, experience revealed engagement in staff training was the main barrier. Although regular education sessions were available to ward staff, attendance...