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Diabetes Specialist Nursing

Who is the service for?

Patients with diabetes in Islington.

What does the service do?

The Islington Diabetes Specialist Nurse Service is part of the Long Term Conditions Team. The service offers specialist support, education and case management to patients with diabetes across Islington.

The team consists of highly specialised nurses who are able to provide expertise to support those living with Diabetes. The team works closely with the diabetes services at the Whittington Hospital and UCLH and has worked in partnership with them to develop the Diabetes Guidelines for Primary Care in Islington.

Services offered by the team include:

• DESMOND (Diabetes Education and Self Management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed). This is a structured self-management programme for people newly diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. This is a group session, run twice a month and held at 2 different venues in the borough.
• Diabetes management - helping people to maximize their diabetes treatment, including starting insulin therapy and reviewing and titrating insulin doses. Some of these people are seen at home if they are unable to attend a clinic appointment.
• A Nurse Led Community Diabetes Service, supported by Consultant Diabetologists to provide diabetes care in a primary care setting.
• Providing clinical support to health staff looking after people with diabetes e.g. the District Nursing Service.

How to access the service

Patients can be referred to the service by their GP or other healthcare professionals.

For more information

For useful contacts and further information on all aspects of living with diabetes and support:

www.Diabetes.org.uk
www.Diabetesukislington.org

Related services

Expert Patients programme (EPP)