Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Our Diabetes Team look after approximately 220 T1DM patients aged 0–17 years. In 2014/15 NPDA we ranked amongst the top 5 paediatric units with mean HBA1c <65 mmol/mol. Susequently our ranking slipped, with increased mean HBA1c and fewer patients achieving HBA1c <58 mmol/mol.Objectives: We recognised a particular problem with poor control in the first year after diagnosis and identified the need to drive change to be able to achi...

The Sheffield Children’s Diabetes Team [SCDT] look after approximately 240 patients with Type 1 Diabetes aged 0–17 years. We have approximately 35 newly diagnosed patients each year and the level of social deprivation amongst our clinic population is high. Historically the team has always performed well in terms of measured outcomes and in the 2014–2015 National Paediatric Diabetes Audit [NPDA] data we ranked amongst the top five units in the country with a mean...