Newcastle Diabetes Centre, which has been based in the Health Innovation Neighbourhood (formerly known as the Campus for Ageing and Vitality (CAV)) for 20 years, will now support the city’s patients in a newly refurbished centre.
Patients under the care of the community service will benefit from an integrated service which includes diabetic eye screening and podiatry services.
The team have worked closely with estates colleagues to create a space that has patients at its heart.
The move to the Freeman Hospital will allow the diabetes service to work more closely with specialist teams across the trust to provide more integrated diabetes care for patients.
The centre also benefits from education areas to educate and support patients living with diabetes.
Dr Angeles Maillo-Nieto, lead consultant at Newcastle Diabetes Centre, said: “Our new diabetes centre will allow us to be more collaborative with other hospital services while continuing to support patients with all types of diabetes.
“We have designed the new diabetes centre thinking about our patients and how we can provide more holistic wraparound care.”
Over 5 million people in the UK are living with diabetes. Newcastle’s Diabetes Centre cares for over 4,700 patients living with diabetes.
Diabetes is a long-term health condition where your blood sugar (glucose) level is too high. This can be caused by your body not making enough or any of a hormone called insulin, or the insulin not working properly (insulin resistance).
