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Rapid Access Diabetes Clinic

Checked: 21-11-2023 by Vicky Ryan Next Review: 21-11-2024

Service Overview

Nurse led rapid access diabetes clinics are available at NBT and UHBW and are aimed at patients requiring urgent intervention.

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Newly diagnosed type1

  • Newly pregnant with type 1 or type 2 (Excluded for WGH/ BRI. Patients who are pregnant are transferred to the care of St Michaels). 

  • Problems needing urgent specialist advice e.g. severe and/or frequent hypoglycaemia

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients requiring hospital transport

  • Patients under paediatric care

  • Diabetic foot problems - see diabetes foot care

  • Any non acute diabetes problem

  • Acute eye problems.

Referral Guidance

NBT

Monday - Friday between 08:00 - 16:00. 

Referrals should be made via Same Day Emergency Care diabetes bleep 9315 

 

UHBW

  • BRI

Monday - Friday between 8:30 - 16:30

Referrals should be made via HOT bleep 2309  

  • WGH

Monday - Friday between 08:00 - 16:00.

For same day referrals (e.g. suspected new onset type 1 diabetes) please bleep 224 for the diabetes nurse team.

Otherwise, GP’s can now contact the Diabetes specialist nurse team via a joint mailbox on

WestonDiabetesSpecialistNurses@uhbw.nhs.uk

This is now the referral and enquires route into the Diabetic nurse service.



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