Diabetes research reveals inconsistencies in care

[Northerner]

Research undertaken by Leeds Metropolitan University and funded by NHS Diabetes has highlighted discrepancies between type 1 diabetes services in Yorkshire and the Humber.
The three-year project, ?Join Us On Our Journey? led by Dr Nicky Kime, looked at children and young people with type 1 diabetes treated by one of nine healthcare trusts in the region. It also incorporated feedback from patients, their families and the professionals involved in their care.
Dr Kime, who is a Senior Research Fellow at Leeds Metropolitan, said inconsistencies were uncovered between and within the type 1 diabetes services and that all nine sites in Yorkshire and the Humber had a different way of working and managing patients.
The research, which was undertaken by the ?Getting Sorted? Programme at Leeds Metropolitan, aims to develop a model of care to improve the management of children and young people with type 1 diabetes in England.
Speaking about the report, Dr Kime said: ?One of the key things that came out of the research was that children and young people with type 1 diabetes need to be better informed about the transition process.

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[trophywench]

That's interesting - I met a lady at a meeting I attended week before last who related that in one certain hospital clinic in that area, children from one PCT had Psychological services available and children from the other didn't.

There is a big 'push' on to get this sorted because it's really poor bearing in mind the clinics are run together, so obviously parents chat in waiting rooms .....

Ruddy postcode lottery gone bananas.