Diabetes Service

The diabetes service offers a comprehensive service for adults with diabetes.

The range of care provided includes group education sessions delivered in a number of commonly-spoken South-Asian languages. Domiciliary visits may also be undertaken in specific cases.

The service provides a multidisciplinary team approach, with clinics staffed by consultant diabetologists, specialist nurses and specialist diabetes dieticians. There are also virtual clinics – where a consultant and diabetes specialist nurse attend the GP practice and offer advice, education and management plans for identified patients by the practice.

Contact Us

Any health professional may refer to the diabetes service by completing the referral form downloadable at the bottom of this page or by contacting the relevant locality team.

Key services

The team provides highly specialist treatment advice and training in:

insulin initiation
assessment and titration of oral hypoglycaemic agents
blood glucose monitoring
carbohydrate counting
assessment and transfer of insulin regimes

initiation of GLP1 analogues
patient self-management of hypoglycaemia
weight-management
one-to-one telephone follow-up support.
DAFNE for type 1 diabetes

Who is it for?

The team's aim is to offer support to all adults registered with a Birmingham GP who have Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and who are at risk of complications, whether that is due to a raised Hba1c (click here for further explanation of Hba1c), weight management issues or problems with injection sites.

Pre-diabetes patients can also be referred for the DESMOND education sessions.

Please click here to find out more about diabetes education sessions for adults of South-Asian descent or click on the links below for a downloadable leaflet and referral form to the 'BME DESMOND' programme.