DEPARTMENT OF DIABETES AND ENDOCRINOLOGY
ABOUT US
Within the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL), there are three Hospitals, The Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI), The Leicester General Hospital (LGH) and The Glenfield Hospital (GH). UHL works in partnership with local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) across Leicestershire and Rutland. The Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology are part of the Medicine and A&E Services of the UHL find us under Metabolic Medicine For more information about the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) visit the UHL NHS website.
OUR OBJECTIVE
The team aims to provide a wide range of services for people with diabetes of all ages and their carers, as well as provide training, resources and support for multi-disciplinary staff across primary and secondary care in caring for people with diabetes.
THE DIABETES TEAM: WHAT WE DO
The Multidisciplinary team works across all three Hospital sites and in the community. The overall responsibility for the department lies with the Head of Service and Service Manager. See ourDiabetes Team
The diabetes team provide:
Acute inpatient care
A comprehensive service is offered to patients in our dedicated diabetic clinics including retinopathy screening
Outpatient service to include a dedicated diabetic foot clinic, adolescent clinic, young adults and children’s clinics, pump therapy clinics, ante-natal diabetes & endocrinology clinics
Close links with specialist clinics such as childrens, maternity and kidney services
Diabetes education groups, insulin initiation groups, individual nurse led clinics, diabetes dietitians, specialist diabetes education programmes, DESMOND, DAFNE
Endocrinology services
We also run community based Clinics and support Primary Care in the management of people with diabetes. There are currently three Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSN’s) employed by Leicestershire County & Rutland Primary Care Trust (PCT) and two full time equivalent Diabetes Specialist Nurses employed by Leicester City PCT, one full time equivalent DSN at Spinney Hill Medical Practice.
(See Our Services section for full details)
The diabetes team also has an excellent research arm and undertakes clinical research in all areas of diabetes led by Professor Melanie Davies and host South East Midlands Diabetes Research Network.
OUR VISION
In the next 3 years we want Leicester’s Hospitals to be…
In the top 5 best emergency & specialist trusts in the country where patients receive caring at its best from highly motivated, skilled staff who enjoy their work
Recognised for premium research and innovation which directly contributes to better care for our patients and attracts both new clinical talent and new funding.
The place where the next generation of clinicians want to complete their studies
Productive, low or no wait hospitals with transformed clinical pathways which enable better patient care and create significant surpluses to invest in future services
An active partner in the local NHS; working with others in and out of hospital and involving patients and the public to ensure that they receive the best care when and where they need it.
We hope that this website will be useful to patients and health care professionals alike by providing extensive literature and resources on-line.
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