Diabetes specialist dietitians: approximately 4.0 FTE per 10,000. Their caseload would encompass working with type 1 diabetes, children, adults, young people and individuals with mental health problems. The role provides advice and teaching in a range of specialist areas, including carbohydrate counting, insulin pump use and structured diabetes patient education. This is in addition to community dietitians responsible for routine work, inclusive of type 2 diabetes and insulin initiation and management.
