Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: We present the use of WhatsApp messaging to improve engagement of young adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus at Ealing Hospital. This virtual community allows patients to share information and expertise in self-management to improve motivation, self-care and knowledge, and also bridging gaps between appointments. Patients find the diagnosis of diabetes socially isolating, and are 2–3 times more likely to suffer psychological issues. Social media is a hu...

Introduction: Co-production refers to working in partnership with service-users to improve provision of services. Increasing evidence highlights that co-production can improve health care and result in financial savings. Service-users are involved in defining the problem or need, creating the solution, delivering it, and evaluating it. This approach demands longer-term engagement by service-providers but leads to sustainable change. Graphic facilitation is the use of large-sca...

Background: The term “neuro-cardio-facial-cutaneous (NCFC) syndrome” describes a group of phenotypically overlapping syndromes that result from germline mutations in genes of the RAS-MAPKinase pathway. This pathway plays a role in growth factor signalling and short stature is a consistent feature of NCFC syndromes. This diagnostic group includes Noonan syndrome (NS) and cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome. Growth hormone (GH) has been used with good effect in NS. T...