Endocrine Abstracts

Peer Review programmes (PRP) help organisations to improve the quality of clinical services in a developmental and supportive way. The West Midlands Paediatric diabetes network (WMPDN) consists of 15 National Health Service (NHS) Trusts looking after 2800 children (aged 0–18 years). 2010/2011 National Paediatric diabetes audit (NPDA) data showed that the median HBA1c achieved in the region was 69 mmol/mol. In order to improve the metabolic control and quality of care, the...

Objectives: The Department of Health introduced a Best Practice Tariff (BPT) to finance Paediatric Diabetes Services in England, in response to variation in service provision and outcome. The tariff became mandatory in April 2013 and depends on achievement of 13 quality standards (QS). The West Midlands (WM) Region covers an area of 5020 square miles, where 2700 Children with Diabetes receive care from 15 Hospital Trusts who are members of the Regional Paediatric Diabetes Netw...