Diabetes

Course

Difficult Vascular Access in Children (DVAC)

12 November 2025

Bristol

Difficult Vascular Access in Children (DVAC) is a 1-day, face-to-face course aiming to formalise training in blood sampling and cannulation in unwell children. We teach Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation, Intraosseous Access, Midline Insertion, Portacath Access and more! We have been running DVAC since ...

Event

NPDA Annual Conference 2026

06 February 2026

London

The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) Annual Conference brings together staff from all professional groups working in diabetes and other stakeholders to learn how NPDA data has been used to improve services and inform best practice in diabetes management. This NPDA Annual Conference is a ...

Course

How to Manage: Diabetes in children (online)

16 December 2025

This course provides a clinical framework for the diagnosis and management of children and young people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. It also covers dietetic management and the psychosocial impact of having a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes.

Document

National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) spotlight audit reports

Our spotlight audits aim to give context to the findings of the NPDA national reports. They provide insight into everyday practice and explore how this may be related to outcome. The spotlight audits do not, for the most part, measure practice against any particular set of standards but instead h...

Diabetes

Workforce

Resource

National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) annual reports

Our annual, national reports, 'Care processes and outcomes' highlight the main findings on the quality of care for children and young people with diabetes mellitus in England, Wales and Jersey. On this page you can download our latest and previous reports and find links to our reports especially for...

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Quality improvement

Resource

National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - Reporting dashboards

The NDPA collects information on the care and diabetes outcomes of all children and young people receiving care from paediatric diabetes teams in England, Wales and Jersey. The interactive dashboards on this page shows quarterly and annual data on our key performance indicators.

Basic page

Paediatric diabetes and endocrinology - sub-specialty

Paediatric endocrinologists specialise in diabetes and endocrinology and work with children and young people with hormone disorders. This page is for those exploring, applying to or already in this sub-specialty training programme! We have insights from current specialists on what it's like worki...

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Paediatric sub-specialty

Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge - Novel Insulins Innovation Incubator Funding Call [CLOSED]

https://type1diabetesgrandchallenge.org.uk/funding/open-funding/novel-insulins-…

The Novel insulins Innovation Incubator call from the Type 1 Diabetes Grand Challenge is designed to support transformative research in the field of insulin development. This funding call is open to academic groups and small- to medium-size biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies without geographical restrictions.

Award programme/theme

Project grant

Funding amount range

Over £500,000

Maximum duration

3 years

Submission deadline

30 January 2024

News

Report launches today on Type 1 diabetes in communities that experience marginalisation

8 November 2023

The Association for Young People’s Health - funded by the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit at RCPCH - reports on its project to understand the experiences of children, young people and families from groups that may be more likely to face marginalisation, on managing their Type 1 diabetes.

Basic page

National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - art competition

Help the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) to design the cover of our next report and be in with a chance to win a £50 All4One gift card! This competition is open to all children and young people with diabetes, receiving care from a paediatric diabetes unit.

Diabetes

Engaging children and young people