hrp0086p1-p200 | Diabetes P1 | ESPE2016

Driving Paediatric Diabetes Care Forward in the UK: Improvements in Outcomes in the North West Following National Initiatives

Moore Helen S , Carson Margot E , Maiden Jonathan , Ng Sze May

Background: Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) continues to pose serious health risks with devastating long-term complications. UK management and control of T1DM in children and young people (CYP) remains amongst the poorest in Europe and significant variations in diabetes health outcomes are evident. In 2012–13 a Best Practice Tariff (BPT) for paediatric diabetes care was introduced and a National Peer Review Quality Assurance programme (DQuINS) developed. Both were develop...