Children Now has learned that the work is being undertaken by professor Al Aynsley-Green, the national clinical director for children, and Sue Roberts, national director for diabetes, and that it aims to tackle the transition between children's and adult services.
The news comes after criticism that adequate treatment for diabetic children has "fallen between two stools". There is no specific mention of the disease in the children's National Service Framework (NSF) and it is not addressed in sufficient detail in the diabetes NSF, critics say.
Simon O'Neill, acting director of care and policy for Diabetes UK, said tackling transitional issues in diabetic children was crucial because the lack of adequate provision for teenage diabetics often explained why they dropped out of care.
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