Table 2

Percentage of respondents answering each question, meeting each of 10 key recommendations for paediatric diabetes care⁶

Recommendation	1998	2002
Recommendation	(%)	(%)
*Percentage carrying out annual screening in children over age 12 years.
†This analysis was only carried out in 2002 on those 80 clinics whose consultants replied to all of the questions.
Designated children’s diabetes clinic	91	98
Paediatric diabetes specialist nurse	75	98
Clinic of more than 40 patients	74	94
Paediatrician with a special interest in diabetes	78	88
Glycated haemoglobin at each clinic visit	88	86
Microalbuminuria screening	66	83*
Retinopathy screening	87	80*
Paediatric dietician	65	68
Joint or combined hand-over clinic to adult services	78	48
Paediatric diabetes specialist nurse:patient ratio <1:100	53	39
No. of respondents meeting:†
8 recommendations	58	55
9 recommendations	29	33
10 recommendations	12	2