Endocrinology/diabetic medicine
The internationally renowned diabetes and endocrine service operates from a purpose built one-stop diabetes and endocrine centre that accommodates a retinal screening centre, an endocrine investigations unit and consultation rooms.
- Enhanced multidisciplinary type 1 diabetes clinics with support for continuous subcutaneous insulin pump therapy and provision of continuous glucose monitoring
- A multidisciplinary diabetic foot service, with daily clinics, focusing on foot infections including osteomyelitis, and on Charcot foot disease. Outcomes are among the best in the world
- A multidisciplinary type 2 diabetes clinic with a focus on obesity management
- A multidisciplinary type 2 diabetes clinic with a focus on the investigation and management of impaired renal function
- Adolescent multidisciplinary diabetes clinics supported by paediatric diabetes specialist colleagues
- A multidisciplinary HIV diabetes, lipid and endocrine clinic
- A one-stop ‘medical complications of pregnancy’ clinic
- A specialist premature ovarian failure clinic, set up in conjunction with gynaecology. This sees women with premature menopause to give treatment and counsel on fertility
- Lipid clinics for complex cholesterol disorders, lipid problems and cardiovascular disease prevention
- A multidisciplinary thyroid clinic that offers rapid access to patients with thyroid nodules, goiters and thyrotoxicosis. This includes the regional multidisciplinary thyroid mass and cancer service
- Metabolic bone disease clinic for patients with calcium disorders. There is also a one-stop osteoporosis clinic
- Pituitary clinic for patients with pituitary disorders, including Cushing’s disease, acromegaly, prolactinomas, non-functioning pituitary tumours and pituitary failure
- Adrenal/PCOS/primary and secondary infertility clinic for patients with adrenal disorders, or with PCOS, or who need investigation of hirsutism, or with primary or secondary amenorrhoea
- The metabolic service covers renal stones, renal tubular disorders and other metabolic disorders that may affect bone metabolism
- Growth hormone clinics
- Endocrine surgery
Consultants
Location
Clinics are held in the diabetes and endocrine centre, 1st floor, Mint wing.