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Prepare, listen, reflect - my experience as a peer reviewer for the diabetes quality programme

29 March 2022

Dr Ambika Karthikeyan, Consultant Paediatrician at University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire, participated in her first peer review for the College's national diabetes quality programme in late 2021. She tells us what she learned from the process and what she would do differently next time. And, w...

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How to Manage: Diabetes in children - online

14 June 2022

An online course to help develop an understanding of the management of children and young people with diabetes.

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How are we doing? Help us improve your diabetes healthcare

Our survey enables patients and parents to provide structured feedback, to have their say in how their paediatric diabetes service can better meet their needs, as well as affirm and acknowledge good care. As of 2 January, the survey is currently closed.

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NPDA – The experiences of parents and patients

23 November 2020

Clinical Lead for the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) Dr Justin Warner introduces us to the Parent and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREM) report. This is their first report looking at over 13,000 responses from surveys completed by children and young people with diabetes, as well ...

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Keeping paediatric diabetes on the radar - how our Diabetes Quality Programme is delivering activities during COVID-19

19 November 2020

We’ve made innovative adaptations to keep Paediatric diabetes on the radar during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve care and outcomes.

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How we delivered the National Diabetes Quality Programme

27 August 2020

Dr Andrea Srur, Programme Manager for the national Diabetes Quality Programme, describes the recent successes from this project and the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak.

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit 2018/19 Annual Report published

12 March 2020

The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NDPA) 2018/19 Annual Report on Care Processes and Outcomes was published today by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

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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 and Wales. On this page you can download our latest and previous reports, and find links to our reports especially for parent...

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UK in danger of failing a generation of children and young people, says new report

4 March 2020

The RCPCH has today published State of Child Health 2020, the largest ever compilation of data on the health of babies, children and young people across all four UK nations. The report shows that for many measures of children’s health and wellbeing, progress has stalled, or is in reverse – something...

Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation - The Professor David Matthews Non-Clinical Fellowship 2020

https://www.drwf.org.uk/apply-funding-non-clinical-fellowship

DRWF Research Fellowships are given for research related to causes, cures or complications of diabetes

Award programme/theme

Fellowship

Funding amount range

£100,001 to £250,000

Maximum duration

3 years