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Your type 2 diabetes team
Your type 2 diabetes team
You will have a team of people looking after you. They will work with you and with your parents or carers, so that you can all help to manage your diabetes. They will all be experts in looking after children and young people with diabetes. There will be doctors and nurses, and people who can tell you about how eating and drinking affects your diabetes (dietitians). Your diabetes team may also include a psychologist (someone who looks after your emotional and mental health).
You should normally expect your diabetes team to follow the advice NICE has given. However, they might sometimes need to do things differently if this advice is not right for you (for example, if a certain treatment does not work for you). They should explain to you why your care is different to what is in this information.
Younger children can find out more about the diabetes team on the Diabetes UK website.