Standard 17
All patients with type 1 diabetes should have access to an experienced multidisciplinary team, including expertise in insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring (CGMS) when required.
Key practice points
All people with type 1 diabetes should be provided with multidisciplinary support from the time of diagnosis onwards.
Type 1 diabetes should be provided with multidisciplinary support from the time of diagnosis onwards.
The multidisciplinary team should ideally be co-located and must include expertise and experience in insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring.
The multidisciplinary team should ideally be co-located and must include expertise and experience in insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring.
Coding within patient records should specify the type of diabetes to enable a register to be maintained.
Living with type 1 diabetes is challenging and the navigation of health care requirements is complex with the need for appointments and partnerships with multiple providers. Practitioners should be aware of these challenges when providing and organising patient-centred care.
Read this standard in conjunction with the equality and diversity section in the Introduction to the Toolkit.
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