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