Endocrine Abstracts

Clinicians know that adolescence is a very difficult time to support young people in managing their diabetes. Studies, including the DCCT, consistently show that the average HbA1c of this age group is significantly higher than in any other age group. This talk aims to explore the possible reasons for this consistent finding and highlight how normal adolescent development can explain much of this variation. By understanding the young peoples’ needs, management plans can be...

Background: Optimizing attendance rates in outpatient’s clinics is important to ensure good clinical care and to avoid waste of scarce medical resources. In 2016, we identified a cohort of 17 teenagers that frequently Do Not Attend (DNA) the Paediatric Diabetes Multidisciplinary Clinics, compromising patient care and reducing compliance with NICE and BPT standards. As this cohort was found to be enrolled in a cluster of 5 schools we explored the benefit of taking diabetes...