Dr Fulya Mehta

National Speciality Advisor for Children and Young Adults, NHS England

Fulya is a Paediatrician working in Diabetes and General Paediatrics at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool. She is a National Speciality Advisor for Children and Young Adults (CYA) in the NHS England diabetes programme and prior to this was the clinical lead for the CYA workstream. Fulya has provided clinical leadership across key programme areas including tackling health inequalities with a focus on improving access to treatment technology, transition and young adult care and improving care and outcomes for young people living with type 2 diabetes.  She has led on developing and delivering the CYA Diabetes ‘Getting It Right First Time’ programme and the CYA Diabetes Rightcare Toolkit, to support systems to improve diabetes care locally and reduce unwarranted variation.