We know that not every member of your diabetes team will be trained as DAFNE educators and doctors; this can lead to DAFNE graduates not always seeing DAFNE trained team members and may lead to mixed messages on insulin adjustment.

Last August, we launched free online insulin and carbohydrate units, based on DAFNE principles, to all DAFNE centres to allocate access to individuals in their wider diabetes MDT.

These units are not part of the DAFNE educator programme (DEP/RDEP) or DAFNE doctor programme (DDP/RDDP). Completion of these units will make some parts of the DAFNE educator or doctor training easier in the future but they are not part of DAFNE training.

The central DAFNE team has already contacted lead educators at each centre regarding arrangements for allocating access; if you missed this communication or have any queries please contact us at dafne@nhct.nhs.uk.