In May 2023, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) updated the section on T2D of the guideline on ‘Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management’.5 Additionally, relevant guidelines have been recently published by the (UK) Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC) and the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) (box 1). Here, we focus on updates to NICE guideline relevant to T2D.

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline (2023)5: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng18

Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians (ACDC) guideline (2023): https://www.a-c-d-c.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/TYpe-2-guideline-ACDC-format-publish-2.pdf

International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) guideline (2022): https://www.ispad.org/page/ISPADGuidelines2022