Clinicians
Information for health care professionals
Education programmes for primary care clinicians
Treatment Pathways for Type 2 Diabetes: a one day course for GPs and Nurses, delivered by the Oxfordshire Diabetes Specialist Team.
Telephone and email advice
- Please send your enquiry using the GP proforma and tick the box ‘Email advice’.
- Please provide a clear reason for referral.
- We aim to respond within one working day.
- Email diabetesdialogue@nhs.net
Our proformas are no longer published individually, but as part of a complete set of templates that should be installed as a single folder. Please ask your practice manager or practice IT manager to install the latest library.
The libraries and instructions on how to use them are available from the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group website (access permissions required).
Referrals
Referral for face to face assessment:
- Please send your Referral using the GP Proforma and tick the box ‘Referral ’. Please provide a clear reason for referral and any relevant documentation e.g Clinic Letters.
- Email diabetesdialogue@nhs.net
Our proformas are no longer published individually, but as part of a complete set of templates that should be installed as a single folder. Please ask your practice manager or practice IT manager to install the latest library.
The libraries and instructions on how to use them are available from the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group website (access permissions required).
Referrals for diabetes education for patients:
We are in the process of changing our booking system to Choose and Book. Please see our triage workflow in order to help you book patients on appropriate sessions.
Clinic locations
Banbury, Bicester, Oxford, Didcot, Wallingford and Witney.
Resources for Health Care Professionals
- www.cdep.org.uk
- www.diabetesonthenet.com includes the six steps to safe use of insulin, as well as a number of other modules.
- patientsafety.health.org.uk/resources/foot-risk-awareness-and-management-education-frame foot care online training.
- elearning.nice.org.uk/login/index.php Type 1 diabetes e-learning
- www.pcdsociety.org
- Diabetes and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PDF)
- More on pancreatic exocrine insufficincy and diabetes (PDF)
- Diabetes and enteral feeding (PDF)
- Blood glucose monitoring (PDF)
- Integrated care and competency framework for diabetic nursing (PDF)
- End of life diabetes care (PDF)
- End of life diabetes care supplementary information (PDF)
- FIT UK Forum for injection technique (PDF)
- Fit4Safety injection safety (PDF)
Page last reviewed: 22 August, 2023