Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A detailed assessment of children’s diabetes services across 21 units in the Y&H SHA identified a significant variation in care with the number of children with an HbA1c <7.5% ranging from 3 to 30%. This variation could not be explained by demographics or resource.Methods: Agreement was obtained from three units in Yorkshire to pilot a Peer review visit in conjunction with the national Cancer Peer Review Team and too develop the ...

Introduction: The strong correlation between HbA1c and blood glucose (BG) has been recognised in many studies. We investigated this relationship using BG data from 119 children with diabetes, to better understand factors affecting HbA1c and characteristics of children with good versus poor control.Methods: BG data was obtained on 119 children over a 1-month period and on a subset of 43 children over three consecutive months using the Diasend System (Aide...

Background: A children’s diabetes network was established in late 2008 across the Y&H SHA. Following agreement from all units over 2009/10 it identified outcome measures and established policies leading to 2011 being a ‘Year of Action’ to produce significant improvement in services.Methods: All units were required to submit annually to the NDA and to complete an extended version of the 2008 Diabetes UK questionnaire on staffing. Data f...