Endocrine Abstracts

Project Aim: To review the data from the Out of hours service across the 8 years it has been running to identify common themes in calls, review service useage, identify gaps in patient/parental knowledge and review if admissions have reduced during this time.Objectives: • To understand the frequency of calls to the out of hours service• To highlight patterns and trends in the numbers and frequency of calls<p class...

Introduction: In 2011, the East of England Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Network (EECYPN) sought to find a solution to the provision of out of hours advice regionally, and coordinated the development of the Out of Hours (OoH) Consortium.Objectives: • To review the timing, nature and outcome of the calls received to the Out of Hours service over a 12-month period (1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022). • To high...

Aims: To assess the impact of socio-economic deprivation on access to diabetes technology, specifically insulin pumps, and its outcome in children with type 1 diabetes.Methods: We designed a retrospective, observational single-centre study of patients attending the paediatric unit at Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital (BTUH). The study included all patients actively receiving diabetic care as of April 2023, incl...

Background: The NPDA has been providing annual audit reports to paediatric units in UK from 2003 and a compliance report for 7 care processes since 2016–2017. Over the years the focus on the type of data and implications of data has changed and become more focused especially after introduction of BPT and PEER review. The paediatric diabetes services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals (BTUH) were identified as negative outliers in 2016–2017 NPDA report. A Q...

Aim: To empower our patients/parents to self-manage Type 1 diabetes (T1dm) by providing them with required knowledge and skills.Method: We identified 10 motivated, mostly newly diagnosed T1dm patients and their families. We organised a master-class to educate them on how to use DIASEND to review blood sugars, identify patterns and adjust Insulin doses. We conducted weekly DIASEND clinics for 6 weeks and fortnightly for another 6 weeks (phone call/email)....