The outpatient diabetes services operate primarily out of the Wolfson diabetes and endocrine clinic (clinic 32) located in the AddenbrookeÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ treatment centre (ATC) block.
The centre provides ongoing outpatient based diabetes care via a number of specialist clinics supported by doctors, specialist educators (diabetes specialist nurses and diabetes specialist dieticians), allied health professionals and clinic staff. A number of clinics are multi-professional with access to doctors and educators in the same appointment.
The department has an award-winning Type 1 service, with one of the largest insulin pump and DAFNE programmes in the UK.
Services provided
Services provided include:
- Type 1 diabetes care – including specialist support for insulin pump therapy and glucose monitoring devices
- Type 2 diabetes and atypical forms of diabetes including MODY
- Multidisciplinary clinics including foot and renal
- Diabetes foot clinic
- Diabetes and WomenÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ health clinics
- Pregnancy and Diabetes clinics (via Clinic 21 and 22 at the Rosie Hospital)
- Transition clinic for diabetes
- Young Adult Diabetes clinic
- Insulin pump clinics
- Intensive insulin management clinics
- Intensive Flash Glucose Monitoring clinics
- Diabetes telephone clinics (Virtual clinic)
- Community clinics (virtual and via GP practices)
- Rapid access subacute diabetes ambulatory clinic
- Severe Insulin Resistance Service (SIRS)
The service offers a number of patient education programs including:
- DAFNE courses in a variety of formats (Courses also held at satellite locations – Ely)
- Carbohydrate counting workshops
- Exercise and diabetes workshops
In addition, patients benefit from support groups and communications:
- Type 1 patient days
- 3Ps – diabetes and pregnancy support group
- Insulin pump newsletter
Staff
The department benefits from the services of a large clinical team consisting of doctors (ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and academic clinicians), specialist registrars, specialist educators (specialist nurses and specialist dieticians) and podiatrists ably supported by a team of secretaries, administrators, healthcare assistants and clinic staff.
- Clinical Lead – Dr Eleanor Gurnell
- Diabetes Specialist Nurse Lead – Katy Davenport
- Diabetes Specialist Dietician Lead – Helen Brown
- Lead Medical Secretary – Jo Law
Secretaries
- Jo Law - Prof Mark Evans, Dr Sam Jerram
Telephone: 01223 348777 - Jacqueline Rose - Dr Amanda Adler, Dr Ellie Gurnell, Dr Vishakha Bansiya
Telephone: 01223 586922 - Mun Flint - Dr Anna Stears (diabetic clinic)
Telephone: 01223 349094 - Lisa Collins - Dr Latika Sibal
Telephone: 01223 586539 - Anne-Marie Monk - Dr Anna Stears (severe insulin resistance service)
Telephone: 01223 348123
Foot clinic
Anne-Marie Monk - Dr Tony Coll
Telephone: 01223 216706
Other relevant contacts
- Diabetes clinic appointments: 01223 348750
- Clinic 32 reception: 01223 348750
- Foot clinic reception: 01223 216706
- Fiona O’Reilly - Insulin pump administrator: 01223 349471
- Sarath Babu - Glucose monitoring technology administrator: 01223349471
- Allison Housden - Patient education administrator: 01223 348781
- Shannon Farnham - Research: 01223 349473
- Diabetes specialist nurses: 01223 348790