Our Paediatric Diabetes Service in NHS Fife provides specialist care and support for children and young people living with Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, and monogenic diabetes. We are a dedicated, multidisciplinary team working closely with families, schools, and community services to ensure that every young person receives personalised, evidence-based care tailored to their individual needs.
Our goal is to help children and young people manage their diabetes confidently and live full, healthy lives. We see children from 0-14 years in our paediatric clinics and 14-18ys in our dedicated transition clinics. Clinics are held in the diabetes centre at Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy and at the Carnegie centre in the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline
Further information about our clinics and advice, including sick day rules can be found on our dedicated app Digibete - see information below.
Useful resources and support
DigiBete
DigiBete is a place to help young people, families and communities to manage Type 1 Diabetes. DigiBete is a video platform and app and is a one-stop-shop for young people’s diabetes management.
The Digebete app can be downloaded from your mobile phone or can be accessed online using the link below:
Fife Type 1 Warriors
Fife Type 1 Warriors are a Diabetes Scotland Support Group for families living with Type 1 diabetes. The support group organise activities and provide support to Type 1 families in Fife.
For further information
Join their Facebook group: Fife Type 1 Warriors Chat
Email: fifetype1warriors@gmail.com
Together Type 1:
Living with type 1 diabetes can be hard. It can be frustrating, lonely and sometimes feel too much. But at Together Type 1 we’re changing that.
We’re a community for everyone aged 11-25 living with type 1 who understand what it’s really like juggling the ups and downs of life with diabetes. We get together, laugh together, and work together, so we can all be our best. And we are there to support each other no matter what.
Together Type 1
Advice and sick day rules
Diabetes UK: Children and diabetes | Diabetes UK
Further information about our clinics and advice, including sick day rules can be found on our dedicated app, Digibete.
Primary school meals
Information about School meals for both Primary and Secondary schools can be found on the Fife council website. The full menu for each week is given, including nutritional information about the food is listed on the site.
Children with diabetes can choose from the normal school menu.
This is an excellent resource to help families calculate the carbohydrate content of your child’s school meal.
Click on each menu item to view the carbohydrate content.
School meals
Away Days
Every year we hold an away day for children with diabetes who are in P7 (about to leave Primary school) and S1 (first year of secondary school). This is a day of fun activities and education to help with the transition to secondary school and a great opportunity to meet other young people with diabetes.
To find out more about the away days speak to your healthcare professional.
