Diabetes Services

The Specialist Diabetes Service

The Diabetes Specialist Team provides specialist and expert services to patients with diabetes. These services are provided directly to patients through daily clinics at the Diabetes Centre on Chorley Street near the town centre. Services are also provided through staff visiting the hospital to see inpatients with diabetes, particularly those with complex needs.

This community based team, works closely with family doctors and other primary care staff and with hospital based colleagues. This allows an integrated service to be offered to patients, ensuring that any individual with Diabetes who lives in Bolton will receive a high standard of holistic care irrespective of where they receive it. We aim to work together to benefit patients and continue to improve the service we provide.

As an equally high priority, the team provides specialist and expert advice and education to other healthcare professionals across the Bolton health and social care community regarding diabetes related issues.

The team participate in a range of research trials linked to the service area.

Management of Bolton's Diabetes Centre transferred on 1 April 2004 from the Bolton Hospital's NHS Trust to Bolton Primary Care Trust.

The Specialist Diabetes Team

Doctors

Dr John Dean - Consultant Physician in Diabetes
Dr Adam Robinson - Consultant Physician in Diabetes
Dr Harni Bharaj - Consultant Physician in Diabetes
Dr Paul Baker - Consultant Physician in Diabetes and Older People
Dr Andrew Hutchesson - Consultant Physician in Biochemistry and Diabetes
Dr Margaret Poyner - Consultant Paediatrician (specialises in diabetes)
Dr Suzanne Palin - Consultant Physician in Diabetes

Nurses

Louise Hilton - Senior Diabetes Nurse
Renate Ormerod - Specialist Diabetes Nurse (specialises in young people)
Jay Pankhania - Specialist Diabetes Nurse (specialises in pregnancy)
- Indo Asian Support Nurse
Nita Patel - Specialist Diabetes Nurse (specialises in minority ethnic groups)
Sue Bennett - Specialist Diabetes Nurse (specialises in children)
Donna Hopley - Specialist Diabetes Nurse (specialises in eye screening)
Mike Hollinshead - Specialist Diabetes Nurse (specialises in patient education)
Diane Raw - Specialist Diabetes Nurse
Ann Dean - Specialist Diabetes Nurse
Julie Ratcliffe - Healthcare Assistant
Susan Young - Healthcare Assistant

Allied health professionals

Paul Martin - Dietitian
Joanne McClennon - Podiatrist
Robert Stell - Podiatrist (specialises in special shoes)
Susanne Fairgrieve - Dietitian

Diabetes Centre reception staff

Jane Varley - Clerical Supervisor
Brenda Harrison - Reception Manager
Bernie Morris - Clerical Officer
Kath Rowlands - Clerical Officer

Administrative staff

Jenny Almond - Medical Secretary
Jenny Hamer - Medical Secretary
Chris Jones - Personal Secretary
Paula Harrison - Medical Secretary
Joanne Barnes - Medical Secretary
Nicola Bunny - Medical Secretary

In addition a range of other staff work in the diabetes centre on a temporary basis or for part of their role. There are many such staff, so these are not listed here. They include medical registrars, psychologist, podiatrists, students, orthotist, eye screening staff, link workers (interpreting service) and managers.