Lay summary
Children and adolescents have typically been understood to be the most common age group in which diagnoses of Type 1 diabetes occur. However, just as global prevalence of T1D is changing, so too is the age of diagnosis. More than half of all new diagnoses of type one diabetes (T1D) are in adults. Little attention has been paid thus far to the learning needs of newly diagnosed adults. With clinician and hospital resources being stretched this is a group of newly diagnosed people with T1D who may be receiving very little education or support prior to discharge from hospital and potentially waiting for months for specialist consultations. This study aims to produce a set of patient-centred multi-format educational resources for adults newly diagnosed with T1D.