Diabetic Specialist Nurses (DSNs) – Provide holistic and individual patient assessment, education to empower self-management skills, medication optimisation, initiation of insulin and other injectable treatments. Support diabetes technology and insulin pump therapy and along with DSDs provide a pre-pregnancy service and deliver structured patient education (DESMOND and DAFNE).
The team provide support and education to community nurses, hospice and care home staff and to other HCPs seeking advice.
Diabetes Specialist Dietitians (DSD)- Provide individual, specifically tailored, practical evidence based dietary advice. Patients are seen in a variety of different settings including outpatient clinics, community clinics, care homes and patients own homes. They see patients in a variety of ways including face to face, via groups or telephone calls. Also provide support and training for other health care professionals and community workers.
Enhanced Foot Protection Team (EFPT) - Urgent referral to the team for assessment, active management and onward referral to the regional Multi Disciplinary Foot Team (MDFT) in BHSCT.
ACTIVE RISK - those patients with diabetes related foot ulceration.
Please see below for referral criteria
Please do not contact the Community Adult DSNs for paediatric or antenatal services.
CDSN - Primary care referrals via CCG - Community diabetes specialist nurse or send completed forms to DiabetesSpecial.Nurse@southerntrust.hscni.net – Form within criteria
DSD: Refer through CCG or send copy of referral form to ahp.cbu@southerntrust.hscni.net
EFPT: Refer through CCG or send copy of referral form to ahp.cbu@southerntrust.hscni.net
NOTE: Referrals are not accepted via Diabetes.Podiatry@southerntrust.hscni.net
Structured Diabetes Education – DESMOND only: Refer through CCG or send completed forms to diabetes.spe@southerntrust.hscni.net
Pre pregnancy: refer via CCG or send patient details to
DSNs: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 4.30pm
DSDs: Monday – Friday 8:30am –4:30pm
EFPT: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4:30pm
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HUB: 028 3756 1010 Monday – Friday; 09:00am - 12:30pm, excluding Bank Holidays. Managed by the diabetes administration team based in Lurgan HSC. Calls are logged onto a daily duty desk for DSNs to respond, with priority given to urgent calls.
The HUB is for urgent enquiries from both patients & Health Care Professionals (HCPs). HCP enquires can also be sent via email to DiabetesSpecial.Nurse@southerntrust.hscni.net
DSN Appointment Line: 028 3756 1366 Managed by diabetes admin – used by patients to respond to partial booking letters or to enquire about scheduled appointments. DSN mobile numbers are for general HCP enquires only. Under no circumstances should staff mobile details be given to service users. A&D – Hilltop building, South Tyrone Hospital (STH) Ciara Cunningham (Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner) - 07342 060055 Annette Roberts - 07584 185619 Claire Metcalf-Foster - 07703 394834 Sinead Greene - 07701 257862
C&B – Finance Building, Lurgan Hospital Judith Pike - 07827 914473 Joanne Johnston - 07384 820115 Tracy Murray - 07557 150855
N&M – John Mitchel Place, Newry Mary Dunne - 07500 918805 Carolyn Martin - 07765 741291 Rachel Madden - 07917 000295
Armagh Community Hospital, Tower Hill site – 028 3756 6652 Julie Ann Mc Keown - 07825 146019 Banbridge Health & Social Care Centre – 028 4062 3967 Ashley Carroll - 07766 776439 Dungannon - Hilltop, STH site – 028 3756 5308 Joanne Campbell – 07789 564540 Lurgan – 028 3756 4150 Susan Cummins - 07385 419747 Portadown – Portadown Health Centre – 028 3756 0423 Rhona Ryan – 07468 702125 Newry - DHH - 028 3756 2068 Carmel Fitzpatrick – 07747 191462 JMP- John Mitchel Place, Newry – 028 3756 6334 Mairead Mathers – 07747 191348 Fintan Connelly – 07834 929121
A&D: 028 3756 5308 – Hilltop building STH C&B: 028 3756 1049 - Ward 4 Lurgan Hospital N&M: 028 3756 2060 – Lower Ground Orior House DHH If a member of staff is unavailable the call will go to voicemail.
Diabetes Education – 028 3756 1013 (excluding diabetes prevention). Diabetes Pre-Pregnancy - 028 3756 3336
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