Diabetes: Babies
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve diagnosis rates for infants and new-borns of type 1 diabetes.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recently updated the clinical guidelines on type 1 diabetes in children and young people which support clinicians in diagnosis. The updated guidelines are available at the following link:
In addition, NHS England will continue to progress support for clinicians in identifying type 1 diabetes and raising awareness of the signs of type 1 diabetes with medical professionals and the public.
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