The diabetes service in Richmond provides:
- A consultant led service
- Specialist nurse advice
- Specialist diabetes dieticians
- Telephone advice line and email service
- Podiatry
- Retinal screening service, based at Teddington Memorial Hospital and provided by St. Georges Hospital retinal screening service
- Structured education sessions – DESMOND. Nationally accredited programme for Newly Diagnosed and Foundation courses for those with Established Diabetes.
- BERTIE - Diabetes Education Programme for people with Type 1 Diabetes.
- Carbohydrate Counting and Insulin Dose adjustment
- Continuous glucose monitoring
- Referrals to other local healthy lifestyle intervention programmes.
- Established insulin pump users
- Domiciliary visits for housebound clients
- Hypoglycaemic Pathway for the prompt treatment and support of patients calling 999 for hypoglycaemia. This service is provided alongside London Ambulance Service.
- Psychological support and onward referral to Richmond Well-Being Service where needed. Retinal screening also available at Queen Mary's Hospital (in addition to Teddington Memorial Hospital)
Wherever possible patients with diabetes are treated by their own GP with support from a Diabetes Specialist Nurse allocated to the practice. However the specialist team, based at Teddington Memorial Hospital, can provide specialist care for cases that are too complex to be dealt with by a patient's GP practice, but not complex enough to warrant hospital admission.
The teams work with the patient to agree outcomes and then produce a care-management plan, which the patient’s GP practice can implement between visits to the specialist clinic. This approach means that patients with diabetes are receiving specialised care for their condition at the most appropriate level and do not have to make unnecessary trips to acute hospitals.
- Dr Matthew Oldfield - Consultant Diabetologist, Kingston Hospital
- Dr Babeeta Staples - GP with special interest Diabetes
- Michelle Hooper - Specialist Diabetes Dietitian / Service Manager
- Nicola Dolby - Specialist Diabetes Nurse
- Lauren Wright - Specialist Diabetes Nurse
- Kathy Boon - Specialist Diabetes Nurse
- Bindu Thapa - Diabetes Nurse
- Nicole Boultbee - Lead Diabetes Team Administrator / Patient Education Lead
- Satti Sekhon - Diabetes Team Administrator / Medical Secretary
Referrals for clinic assessments can be made by GP practices only. Speak to your GP for more information.
DESMOND is a nationally accredited diabetes self-management education programme for patients - Find out more
Referrals to our DESMOND programmes can be made by your GP or by self-referral using the central booking hub Diabetes Book & Learn. You can click the link below or call them directly and they can assist you with your options and booking for both our Newly Diagnosed and Foundation sessions (for people with a diagnosis made over 12 months ago). Sessions are held either virtually on MS teams or Face to Face.
Web: www.diabetesbooking.co.uk
Telephone: 020 3474 5500
Eye Screening sessions are held at Teddington Memorial Hospital on Wednesdays. Sessions are also available at Queen Mary's Hospital. Bookings or changes to appointments at either of these hospitals need to be made directly with the South West London Diabetic Eye Screening. For more information please click on the link to their website or call them on the number below.
Telephone:
0333 456 0223
For all enquiries for the Type 1 education for patients, please call us directly on the number below.
Telephone: 020 8714 4070