Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Education in diabetes is a fundamental component of self-management. Health care systems that have structured education from diagnosis have demonstrated improving trends in HbA1c. Within Wales, education for Children and Young People (CYP) was delivered informally and this deficiency was highlighted in the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit. While structured education is being delivered in some parts of the UK, there is no overarching programme covering the entire ...

Background: SEREN is an established, QISMET accredited structured education programme for children/young people (CYP) and their families with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), developed in Wales. The first module ‘Diabetes at diagnosis’ has been in use in Wales since 2016. The resources and health care professional (HCP) training have also been used by some paediatric diabetes teams in England who have since embedded SEREN into their diabetes care. Th...