Great Diabetic Consultants in and around Gloucester/Bristol Area

[MollyRugby]

I currently live on Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire boarder and attend my diabetic consultant appointments and specialist Eye consultant appointments at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. I have been there since Professor Tattersall was the consultant. I have had 2 children there and numerous eye zapps due to retinopathy!! My whole diabetic history for the last 15+ years is there!!!
I am thinking about relocating to the South Gloucester/Bristol are and was wondering if anyone could recommend a great Diabetic team with eye consultants so that I can have everything looked after all in the same place.
I am on a pump and would need that hospital to take over the funding. I wear a Medtronic pump.
Please can anyone help.
Thanks.

 

[Lucie75]

I would recommend the team at Southmead Hospital in Bristol (they generally cover the diabetics that live in North Bristol & surrounding areas). The pump clinic is run by Professor Bingley. If you google North Bristol NHS Trust or Southmead Hospital you should be able to find contact details. They have eye screening in the Diabetes Unit at Southmead every Thursday morning for their diabetics as well as the Bristol Eye Hospital that will call you for an annual screening in your local GP clinic.

Hope this helps!

 

[hels]

Hi, I'm also under the Southmead diabetes team. I was only diagnosed with type 1 about 18 months ago but have seen quite a lot of them throughout my pregnancy and since. I don't know about pumps but they have been good with my care.

Just be award that they are moving into the new hospital (over the next few weeks I think) so phone numbers may be changing and various other chaos that goes with such a move.


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[MollyRugby]

I would recommend the team at Southmead Hospital in Bristol (they generally cover the diabetics that live in North Bristol & surrounding areas). The pump clinic is run by Professor Bingley. If you google North Bristol NHS Trust or Southmead Hospital you should be able to find contact details. They have eye screening in the Diabetes Unit at Southmead every Thursday morning for their diabetics as well as the Bristol Eye Hospital that will call you for an annual screening in your local GP clinic.

Hope this helps!

Thanx Lucie75 that helps a lot. It gives me somewhere to start.

 

[MollyRugby]

Thanx guys. Great starting point for me to investigate.

 

[Lucie75]

@hels did you see Dr *******while at the antenatal clinic?


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[Didnt plan for this]

Hi there, I know this is an old post from 2014 but its been helpful reading as I am in the same position - considering moving to the Chew Valley and wondering whether to opt for Bristol or Bath for diabetes care. I managed to speak to someone at Bath Diabetes Team, who advised I might fall under Bath or Bristol - and in fact, patients have the right to choose, which is great news

Any advice appreciated (I'm on a insulin pump btw)

Thanks

 

[Charles Robin]

I'm seen at the RUH in Bath, and have been pleased with my care there.

 

[didn't plan for this]

Thanks Charles, that's good to know.

 

[Charles Robin]

No worries at all. I should probably warn you that there is a Dr. ******** that works there though! I'm not seen by them and I have heard good things, but definitely an unfortunate name for a doctor.











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[didn't plan for this]

Oh unfortunately I can't see the name of the Dr, which has been removed by the moderator. I went to the Diabetes Team website, but couldn't seen any unfortunate names. Oh well, I will wait and see - thanks for the warning though - I will be prepared not to either look alarmed or snigger!

By the way, if you are on an insulin pump yourself, do you happen to know which pumps the RUH provides? I spoke to a lovely Dr there yesterday and know they don't have mine, but forgot to ask which ones they do offer?

 

[didn't plan for this]

Ps. I was told I wouldn't be whipped off my particular pump instantly, but knowing its a particularly expensive one, it might be hard to get funding for.

 

[catherinecherub]

It is against forum policy to name Doctors/Consultants.
You can do this via PM.

 

[didn't plan for this]

Hi Catherine, yes I thought it would be. Thanks for message about PM - I am just trying to figure out how as this is all new to me

 

[catherinecherub]

Some video guides here, including how to send a private message.

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/forum-beginners-video-guides.51729/

 

[didn't plan for this]

Thanks Catherine, I will sit down tonight watch those. There is so much interesting stuff on this site, I keep getting distracted!

 

[Charles Robin]

It is against forum policy to name Doctors/Consultants.
You can do this via PM.

Hi Catherine, so sorry about that, I should have realised! I will make sure to respect that in future.