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ea0066p29 | Diabetes 2 | BSPED2019

Bridging the gap: a young person-centred diabetes transition service

Hawton Katherine , Sargant Nwanneka N , Semple Claire , Gardiner Tara , Rinn Sophie , Reynolds Sara , Cole Megan , Crowne Elizabeth

Introduction: Within the Bristol diabetes service, we recognised that we were failing to meet the needs of young people (YP), who reported feeling unprepared for transition and intimidated by the unknown entity of the adult service and changes in their diabetes management.Methods: We set up a multi-disciplinary steering group, including the paediatric and adult diabetes teams and a youth involvement worker, to develop an effective, multi-faceted transiti...