Deficiencies in national audit of services for children with Type 1 diabetes

Significant deficiencies have emerged in a national audit in services for children with Type 1 diabetes.

It showed many services have insufficient diabetes nurses and dieticians and poor access to psychosocial services. Just one of the 19 centres managing children with Type 1 diabetes had the recommended number of diabetic nurse specialists.

However, the centre did not have a dedicated paediatric diabetic nurse specialist.