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New phone triage systemYou may have noticed some changes to the phone triage system for Perth Children’s Hospital’s diabetes clinic recently.

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Mentor project gets the thumbs upYoung adult and parent peer mentors can be role models who not only normalise experiences of living with type 1 diabetes but can act as symbols of hope, new Children’s Diabetes Centre research has found.

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Family history drives studyA family link to type 1 diabetes has seen twins Nina and Lara Buonvecchi pursue study in health science – and join the Children’s Diabetes Centre to complete their pracs.

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Diabetes burnout - what is it?Diabetes burnout is a state in which someone with diabetes grows tired of managing their condition, may ignore it for a period or become disengaged with diabetes management.

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Meet Perth's final ENDIA participantAustralia’s biggest study into the causes of type 1 diabetes reached a significant milestone when its last Perth-based participant was born recently.

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Access to the new Dexcom G6 sensorPerth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Clinic has had a few queries about the new Dexcom G6 sensor, which recently became available in Australia.

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Ashlyn's gold medal runBig shout out to one of our regular research participants, Ashlyn, who goes to show that type 1 diabetes is no obstacle to achieving success in top-level sport.

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Should I send my child to school?With Term 2 commencing this week, many parents are unsure as to whether to send their child with type 1 diabetes back to school. To assist parents with their own decision-making process, it is important to consider the individual risks and benefits for each family.

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New position to help roll out schools programA Clinical Nurse Specialist position within Perth Children’s Hospital’s Diabetes Service has been funded as part of the Federal Government’s new Type 1 Diabetes Management in School program.

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Welcome to the team Amelia!We’re super excited to welcome Dr Amelia Harray to our research team. Amelia looks forward to strengthening the focus on food research to help children with type 1 diabetes and their families.