DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) 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.
DAFNE stands for Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating. It aims to help adults with type 1 diabetes lead as normal a life as possible, whilst also maintaining blood glucose levels within healthy targets, to reduce the risk of long-term diabetes complications.
In 2020 face to face DAFNE courses across the UK and Republic of Ireland were cancelled due to Covid-19. To ensure continued access to DAFNE courses, the national DAFNE team worked at pace to develop the new Remote DAFNE course, a blend of online learning, workbook activities and remote group sessions facilitated by DAFNE educators. The Remote DAFNE course was launched in July 2020. Since then we have developed a Remote DAFNE pump course and converted all of our healthcare professional training programmes to remote formats too.
These remote DAFNE courses along with traditional face to face course formats now offer adults with type 1 diabetes more choice on they access and complete their DAFNE course complete a course.
Listen to our podcast with our national trainer Liesl Richardson on the discovery & impact of insulin and DAFNE on type 1 diabetes managemen
Dr Jackie Elliott delivers a webinar to present the initial analysis of the biomedical outcomes from the Remote DAFNE pilot.
Is Remote DAFNE an even more effective intervention for adults with type 1 diabetes than traditional face to face DAFNE education? Liesl Richardson, National DAFNE trainer and quality assessor presents at Diabetes UK (DUK) 2022.
Is remotely delivered HCP training an acceptable and effective option to face to face training? Sally Woolgar, National DAFNE development lead presents at Diabetes UK (DUK) 2022.
Clinical outcomes and future plans - June 2023
Dr Emma Wilmot and Dr Jackie Elliott presents the international consensus on time in range, exploring the definitions and implications for clinical care and support for DAFNE graduates
Listen to Jenny as she shares her honest, heart-warming and sometimes unsettling experiences of life with type 1 diabetes, from diagnosis to achieving her dream of becoming a mum!
Jade has had type 1 diabetes since she was 4 years old. Listen to Jade chatting with Dr Emma Wilmot about how DAFNE changed her life.
"The simplification of complex issues and new ways of looking at old challenges." - Bobby Saxon, DAFNE graduate
DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) 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.