Individualised therapy for children and young people with diabetes at Copenhagen University Hospital: Herlev 10 years on

This article looks at a diabetes clinic for children and young people at the Copenhagen University Hospital in Herlev, Denmark and how things have changed at the clinic over the past 10 years as it has doubled its number of patients and switched insulin treatment regimens. The authors document the clinic’s successes, attributing them to its strong multidisciplinary team which includes social workers and psychologists, its common philosophy advocated by all team members, the use of individualised treatment schemes adjusted to the life situation of the patient, having an explicit treatment target, and being active in treatment monitoring and clinical research. The clinic has helped more than half of its patient group to achieve good metabolic control and also has a strong record in successful transition to the adult diabetes service.