Endocrinology

Resource

UK standards for paediatric endocrinology (BSPED)

These standards apply to all children and young people aged 0-18 years with an endocrine condition (including growth, hormonal, bone and mineral disorders). They are intended for healthcare professionals and for service commissioners to plan, deliver and quality assure paediatric endocrine services.

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) PREM report

Our 2024 First Year of Care NPDA Parent and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREM) report presents findings from surveys completed by children and young people with diabetes, as well as their parents and carers, between 24 July 2023 and 23 January 2024. These surveys reflect their experiences w...

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Patient experience

News

Number of young people with Type 2 diabetes reaches 6,836

22 November 2018

RCPCH President responds to new data reported by Diabetes UK saying it emphasises the need to act.

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The case for investing in children and young people's diabetes services

This information bundle on diabetes presents interventions to improve the quality of paediatric diabetes care and patient self-management through data collection, quality improvement measures, diabetes networks and investment in technology. This information was presented to NHS England to inform the...

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Focus magazine for members - summer 2018

24 July 2018

Read about the National Paediatric Diabetes Audit, RCPCH Progress - the new paediatric curriculum, standards for emergency care and much more...

Health Foundation - Clinician Scientist Fellowships [CLOSED]

Provides five years of funding to enable talented clinicians to pursue academic research alongside their clinical practice.

Award programme/theme

Fellowship

Funding amount range

£250,001 to £500,000

Maximum duration

5 years

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - data files

As part of NPDA's commitment to open data, we have made available our data files on specific measures from the audit.

Endocrinology

Diabetes

Data

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National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) - data submission

We are now accepting data for the 2024-25 audit year. You can submit data throughout the year on our online data capture system. We are also moving towards quarterly data submission periods, and the deadlines are on this page. We also provide the dataset, templates for submitting data via both CSV ...

Endocrinology

Community services

Diabetes

Clinical guidelines and standards

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BPSU study - Type 2 diabetes

Surveillance of type 2 diabetes in children and young people less than 17 years of age concluded in April 2016. This is a repeat of study from 2005 and the research team hope to identify the incidence of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes in children and young people and understand how this has changed...

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BPSU study - Congenital hypothyroidism

Surveillance of primary congenital hypothyroidism concluded in June 2012 with follow-up to June 2015. This UK study explored how many babies and children up to and including five years of age were found each year to have congenital hypothyroidism. This included babies diagnosed after a positive newb...