The Diabetes and Endocrinology Centre is an outpatient department for adults only and provides clinics for management of Diabetes and Endocrine disorders.
There is a specialist weight management team based at the Centre with a Specialist Obesity consultant and Endocrinologist. Patients are seen by appointment only and referred by GPs and hospital doctors.
People with diabetes seen in the clinics in the Centre have the benefit of multidisciplinary support and advice from diabetes specialist doctors, diabetes specialist nurses, diabetes specialist dietitian and clinical psychologist.
Specialist Diabetes clinics are:
Young adult clinic from ages 19y to 25y
Specialist Insulin Pump Clinic
Specialist Type 1 diabetes clinic
There are also specialist diabetes follow-up clinics, called outreach clinics, at selected GP surgeries in Reading attended by the Diabetes Consultants.
The Endocrinology Service manages conditions related to hormonal disturbances in adults. The service is lead by the Specialist Endocrinologist and endocrine investigations are carried out by the Endocrine Specialist nurse.