Diabetes Specialist Nurses
The Diabetes Specialist Nurses (DSNs) provide a range of diabetes services, training and education and often work closely with the Diabetic Specialist Dietetian (DSD) team. They are part of the multi-disciplinary Community Diabetes Service.
The DSNs undertake
- Community home visits
- Insulin Initiation or Byetta starts
- Nurse led drop-in clinics
- Carbohydrate counting programme
- Preconception and post-partum clinics
- Input in to the Pennine Acute Hosptials NHS Trust Ante Natal Clinic at Fairfield General Hospital
- Patient education programmes
- Other health care professional training and education
The DSNs provide training and education for patients, GPs, practice nurses, community nursing staff, other health care professionals and residential home carers.
Patient education
The DSNs deliver the diabetes X-PERT patient structured education programmes:
- For people with type 2 diabetes
- People with type 2 diabetes using Insulin
- People starting insulin therapy with either type 1 and type 2 diabetes
- One to one patient diabetes education sessions
For more information and programme start dates please contact 0161 447 9847 or ask your GP or practice nurse.
Healthcare professional training and education is provided by the DSNs and includes:
- A diabetes rolling programme for community nursing staff & other healthcare professionals
- A 2 day update session aimed at GPs and practice nurses
- Bi-monthly training sessions for residential care home carers
- Housebound Assessment Training for community nursing staff
- Blood Glucose Meter and Hypo Box Training for all healthcare professionals
Please call 0161 447 9847 for more information and specific dates.
Who is eligible to access our service?
All people with diabetes and their carers. Other health care professionals requiring support or advice in diabetes for the benefit of patients in their care.
How to access our service
By referral from medical practitioners and other health care professionals via the referral template (located on the Vision system), letter or telephone calls.
How to contact us
T: 0161 447 9847
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 8.45am to 5.00pm