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Diabetes & Endocrinology

Services

The dedicated Endocrine and Diabetes Centre operates from the north wing at Russells Hall Hospital. The centre assists in the long-term management of patients with diabetes and endocrine conditions.

Diabetes

Patients can benefit from services such as:

  • Specialist diabetes service during hospital stay
  • Multi-disciplinary support for intensive insulin therapy
  • Pre-conception and antenatal care
  • Adolescence care
  • Hybrid Closed Loop Insulin pump treatment
  • Carbohydrate counting courses
  • Specialist foot clinic
  • Optimisation of diabetes control ahead of elective procedures.

We are also a research active unit and conduct clinical trials as well as real-world studies.

We are a centre for the ADDRESS-2 study, which invites patients with type 1 diabetes diagnosed in the last 6 months to join. Further information is found here: ADDRESS-2 type 1 diabetes – Supporting type 1 diabetes research

Endocrinology

The endocrinology department offers a wide range of services, including:

  • General endocrinology
  • Pituitary
  • Growth
  • Adrenal
  • Thyroid
  • Calcium and metabolic bone disorders

In addition, we have a reproductive endocrinology service which also includes management of:

  • Subfertility
  • Endocrine disorders during pregnancy
  • Gonadal disorders

The endocrine service is multi-disciplinary and supported by a dedicated endocrine nurse specialist.

We also offer for our primary care colleagues, consultant-led e-referral advice and guidance system, as well as practice-based diabetes MDT review. The quality of our services have been commended nationally and by peer review via the Getting It Right First Time Programme.

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Telephone numbers

  • (01384) 456111 (Switchboard)
  • Extension 3399 (Main desk, Endocrine and Diabetes Centre)
  • Extension 3684/3684 (Reception, Endocrine and Diabetes Centre)

 

Russells Hall Hospital

This service is available at:

  • Russells Hall Hospital

Where to find us

  • Ground floor, north wing, Russells Hall Hospital

 

Russells Hall Hospital
  • Dr A Aziz (lead consultant)
  • Dr Tamar Saeed
  • Dr Jane Dale
  • Dr T Pang
  • Dr H Siddique
  • Dr A Solomon
  • Dr C Evans