Role modelling—making the most of a powerful teaching strategy

In conclusion, many of the NICE recommendations will prove beneficial in ensuring that women with preexisting or gestational diabetes receive comprehensive care that aims to minimise risks to mother and baby. The recommendations will be most helpful for clinicians managing predominantly white women with type 1 diabetes and a high uptake of medical care and low deprivation; however, in areas with an increasingly obese, ethnically diverse population and a high risk of type 2 and gestational diabetes, implementation will be more challenging.