Following DCAP's launch in 2023, we have reported the final findings from the pilot and what these will mean for the programme over the coming months. 

 Some highlights include:

• To provide clarity, and opportunity for teams to allocate areas of standards to those best placed to complete, the standards have been updated by separating the clinical and operational processes
• An assessment of staffing will be a key part of the accreditation process, to ensure diabetes teams have access to the specialist expertise required to safely manage the complex needs of people with diabetes in hospital
• Local diabetes teams are keen to provide high-quality care and develop their service. Demonstrating good lines of communication with senior management teams has now become an important element within the standards
• One of the key aims of DCAP will be to automate data collection and allow for routine reports to be produced digitally.

You can read the report in full here.