Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The paediatric diabetes team in Leicester identified an unmet need for educating children about carbohydrate counting, following the initiation of most diagnosed patients on multiple dose insulin therapy (MDI). The team therefore started a new structured group education programme (SGEP) for children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) called flexible adjustment of basal bolus (FABB) that has run since January 2007.Aims: To determine the effectivene...