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Triage phone service

A reminder we have updated our Phone Triage System and provided a triage helpful tips sheet for all families to access.

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Virtual Reality Goggles in Clinic

Anyone attending a Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) start at PCH recently will have been offered the chance to use our new Virtual Reality googles also known as ‘SmileyScope’.

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T1D Mobile Health App

T1D Mobile Health App It is important for people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to engage in a physically active lifestyle, but it can be challenging to control blood glucose levels around exercise. Current exercise guidelines are not written for

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Insulin and Abatacept trial in type 1 diabetes

Diabetes researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital are excited to be taking part in the national Insulin and Abatacept (IAA) trial in type 1 diabetes.  IAA is a randomised controlled trial testing whether

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Preparing for school in 2024

It's the new school year and by now your child's school should have a copy of their updated Diabetes Management Plan. Adele Connor, Diabetes in Schools Program Clinical Nurse Specialist at Perth Children’s Hospital, said a student's diabetes

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Sports Coaching Resources

Developing educational exercise resources to improve awareness and knowledge of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) within community sport settings. Community sport is one of the most common settings in which youth exercise. However, there are a lack of

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Join our nutrition videos

Would you like to help teach others with diabetes? The team at the Rio Tinto Children’s Diabetes Centre are creating nutrition education videos for children and their parents living with type 1 diabetes.

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Priority Setting Webinar

Priority Setting Webinar We recently hosted out first Priority Setting Webinar as a Global Centre of Excellence. It was a great opportunity to hear from those living with T1D and the T1D community about what research is important to them,

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Advanced hybrid closed-loop technology for young people with T1D.

Our researchers are looking for young people with Type 1 diabetes and HbA1c above 8.5%, to see if using an advanced hybrid closed loop system (MiniMed Medtronic™ 780G insulin pump) will improve blood glucose levels and HbA1c.

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Research participation survey

We recognise that we can learn a lot from our families. This area of research looks at the reasons why families living with diabetes choose whether or not to participate in research.