DAFNE healthcare professionals

Welcome to the Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) collection of courses for DAFNE Educators and DAFNE doctors.

DAFNE is a way of managing type 1 diabetes and provides people with the skills necessary to estimate the carbohydrate in each meal and to inject the right dose of insulin.

This collection of courses contains up-to-date information on DAFNE for people living with type 1 diabetes and for healthcare professionals.

Our vision is to improve outcomes for people with type 1 diabetes through high quality structured education which is embedded in the Health Service and create a framework in which to develop this patient centred model of care.

We will continue to improve and develop DAFNE through research and development (R&D) and collaboration with other groups, to understand the determinants of success.

What is DAFNE?

DAFNE is a programme hosted by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and delivered to adults with type 1 diabetes through a consortium of NHS foundation trusts and NHS health boards across the UK.

DAFNE stands for Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating and is a way of managing type 1 diabetes for adults; it provides the skills necessary to estimate the carbohydrate in each meal and to inject the right dose of insulin.

The aim of DAFNE is to help people with type 1 diabetes to lead as normal a life as possible, while controlling their blood glucose levels, hence reducing the risk of long-term diabetes complications. These courses are about learning from experience and practising the skills of carbohydrate counting and insulin adjustment.

Most of the training is built around group work, sharing and comparing experiences with other participants. However, there are opportunities for each person to speak to DAFNE Educators individually.

DAFNE allows people to fit diabetes into their lifestyle, rather than changing their lifestyle to fit in with their diabetes.

More information about DAFNE and DAFNE training can be found on the website:

www.dafne.nhs.uk

There is information on the DAFNE NHS site about how to access a DAFNE course https://dafne.nhs.uk/do-you-have-type-1-diabetes/how-do-i-access-a-course