Diabetes care

Service category: Medicine and emergency care

Service location(s): East Surrey Hospital

Diabetes care

The outpatient diabetes service offers ongoing care for patients with diabetes. 

Services provided:

  • Type 1 diabetes care – including support for insulin pump and glucose monitoring devices
  • Complicated type 2 diabetes
  • Rare form of diabetes including MODY
  • Transition clinic for diabetes
  • Antenatal clinic
  • Insulin pump clinics
  • Type 1 structured education

The Diabetes and Endocrine team is based at the Earlswood Diabetes and Endocrinology Centre in Redhill. Patients with diabetes are seen at the Earlswood Centre, as well as Crawley and Horsham hospitals. Paediatric and antenatal diabetes clinics are held at East Surrey Hospital.

Address:

The Earlswood Diabetes & Endocrinology Centre 

1 Anderson Court

Royal Earlswood Park

RH1 6TP 

The Earlswood Centre is a 10-15 minute walk from East Surrey Hospital. Parking is provided, but only a limited number of spaces are available.

Contact details:

Telephone:  01737 231788

Email: sash.theearlswoodcentre@nhs.net

Consultants:

Dr James Clark

Dr Sunil Zachariah

Dr Ben Field

Dr Vidhu Nayyar

Dr Julian Emmanuel

 

Registrars:

Kavitha Lakshmipathy

Younes R Younes

 

Consultant Diabetes & Genetic Specialist Nurse:

Susan Stockley

 

Diabetes Specialist Nurses:

Linda O'Donoghue  

Lorna Keegan

Liz Yohannan 

Jamie-Leigh Williamson

John Peter 

Sarah Barker

Esther Essuman

Teresa Strama

 

Diabetes Specialist Dietitians:

Alison Edwards

Julija Plavska

 

Specialist diabetes midwives: 

Anna Balsdon

Megan Pluck

All women with pre-existing diabetes will be cared for by the diabetes in pregnancy multi-disciplinary team, following a structured approach for joint-care in a one stop clinic throughout the perinatal period.

If you have pre-existing diabetes and are pregnant, please complete our online self-referral form for maternity care. Self-referral maternity form :: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Additional information regarding Diabetes and Pregnancy can be found here:

Pregnancy and diabetes | Diabetes UK

After the birth | Diabetes UK

Diabetes in Pregnancy: Type 1 & 2 Diabetes (tommys.org)

Type 1 diabetes and pregnancy | Diabetes UK

Pregnancy-Toolkit.pdf (jdrf.org.uk)

The diabetes team care for adults with Type 1 including those on insulin pump and complicated Type 2 diabetes. Uncomplicated Type 2 cases are usually managed by GPs. Patients under 16 are treated by the paediatric team, while joint adolescent clinics are available for ages 16-19.

Advanced courses for patients with Type 1 diabetes are held three times a year and aimed at patients who are about 6 months in to their diagnosis. It is a four day course and arranged by our diabetes specialist nurses. Additional short term courses are also available for patients with type 1 diabetes including carbohydrate counting.

The Transition clinics will be held at Earlswood centre (within the Royal Earlswood estate Next to East Surrey hospital), Crawley Hospital main outpatients.

At the Transition clinic you will recognise familiar faces from the Children & young people’s diabetes team: Paediatrician, nurse, dietitian & also meet the Adult Diabetes service consultant.

Clinics are quarterly, until you transfer to adult services at 19 years when these will occur less frequently.

In between these times you have the ongoing support of your Diabetes Transition Nurse: Paula & Mercy are the Transition nurses for the team.

If you have any questions or concerns about Transition please contact: Paula Mjeda or Joanne Yap /Mercy Hafeh Diabetes Transition specialist Nurses on 07814190818/ 07974077412 (Monday to Friday)

Find us at the Earlswood Centre