Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Internet-based education and information resources for young people and families with DM have increased, yet the extent of use and perceived value among this patient group is uncertain. We conducted a questionnaire-based survey of parents’ and carers’ experience of currently available DM internet-based resources.Objective: To assess i) level of internet use, ii) perceived quality of patient support information currently available, i...

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...