Diabetes and its detrimental effects upon generations of Aboriginal people has been well reported.  Likewise, strategies to address this escalating epidemic have been the focus of much attention in the public health, medical and social medicine arenas.  In the Northern Territory we have developed a partnership between researchers, health care providers and policy organisations to address the issue of inter-generational diabetes as early in the life-course as possible. The aims of the NT DIP Partnership are to: improve systems and service delivery for all women in the NT with DIP; reduce the gap between evidence and clinical practice in relation to screening, management and post-partum follow-up of women with DIP and their babies; and to establish systems that enable close monitoring of relevant clinical outcomes for mothers and babies. The NT DIP Partnership is working to improve coordination of care between different healthcare providers, to increase support and communication between health professionals by increasing the use of telehealth facilities, holding regular stakeholder forums for communication, conducting regular education sessions for remote primary health care staff, and providing regular updates with local data from the DIP Clinical register to maintain clinician engagement. Facilitating clinical forums between disciplines has allowed simple issues to be resolved in a timely manner. We have been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic engagement of health service providers to improve our models of care for DIP in the NT, and look forward to continuing to work together to improve outcomes in this important area.