ESPE Abstracts

Aim: Transition to adult diabetes services is associated with deterioration in service experience and outcomes. We aimed to increase the uptake of structured education and provide opportunities for peer support. We describe the early outcomes of the innovative Transition (NHSE) pilot TraSS, to improve services for 16–24-year-old young adults (YA).Method: CODSN and YW met with YA in clinics and gained consent to inc...

Background: Throughout 2020 telemedicine was rapidly deployed across health services and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, replaced many face-to-face (FTF) medical consultations. Children and young people (CYP) with diabetes present a unique opportunity for this type of consultation, due to the ability to interpret and share glucose data via other platforms. This study describes both CYP and parent experience of a new telemedicine service for CYP with diabetes.</...

Background: Osteoporosis in children with osteogenesis imperfecta type 1 (OIT1) and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is characterised by high bone turnover. However the ability of spontaneous healing and reshaping of bone is retained in ALL even in the absence of bisphosphonate (BP) therapy, but impaired in OI.Objectives: To compare the response to BP therapy in children with ALL and OI.Methods: Retrospective review of children ...