In the UK, responsibility for providing structured education to children and young people with diabetes typically falls to paediatric diabetes specialist nurses. However, the Best Practice Tariff, which calls for all children and young people with diabetes to receive ongoing, age-appropriate structured education, means that more frequent, individualised education, over and above that provided in routine care, is required. Appointment of a dedicated diabetes educator, who is responsible for and has the capacity to develop a number of age- and maturity-appropriate programmes that can be delivered by all members of the multidisciplinary team, may be of help here. This article describes the role of diabetes educators and presents two examples of services that have appointed them.
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)