As a specialist we aim to share educational information to enable healthcare professional to support their patients or referral to the service.
We have collated useful information below and regularly run seminars on various aspects of Diabetes to extend clinician knowledge across Cheshire.
Please click on the relevant tabs for further information:
Referrals
Patients will need a referral from either the hospital or GP if they require additional assistants with stabilisation. By filling out the referral form (below) and making sure the patient meets the criteria for a referral to the specialist team, this information is also linked below.
If you or your GP deicide you need additional specialist help, we provide a multi-disciplinary approach to diabetes by ensuring patients are referred to other teams that will help achieve diabetes targets and keep you safe. These include but are not limited to:
- Dietician /nutritionist – meal planning, weight management, carbohydrate counting
- Podiatrist – Managing feet
- Retinal/ophthalmologist – checking your eyes for retinopathy/damage from diabetes
- Counselling service – diabetes requires a lot of work and increases your risk of sadness and depression.
Please click the links below for pdf forms
Please ensure you include details of reasonable adjustments and patient’s preferred language in the referral so we can support the patient effectively.
