Bariatrics is the branch of medicine that deals with the causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity.
Speciality: Endocrinology & Diabetes
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
APC Guidance on self testing of blood glucose
Community Diabetes and Lipid Clinic – GpwSI Clinic
Community management advice for difficult diabetic and lipid cases
Diabetes Area Resources Page
Central resource page for management and referral information for Diabetes mellitus and its complications
Diabetic Eye Screening Service for Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy, also known as diabetic eye disease, is when damage occurs to the retina due to diabetes.
Diabetic Foot & Vascular Guidance
Referral advice for diabetic foot and vascular problems
Hyperlipidaemia and Cardiovascular Risk
Hyperlipidaemia is abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids and/or lipoproteins in the blood.
NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NDPP) and Diabetes Care
Personalised support to reduce their risk of Type 2 diabetes including education on healthy eating and lifestyle, help to lose weight and physical exercise programmes
Podiatry
Podiatrists are health care professionals who have been trained to prevent, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate abnormal conditions of the feet and lower limbs.
Thyroid Function Testing Protocol – Results Management & Referral
Want to know more about Thyroid Function Tests? When does Free T4 measured in the laboratory? Protocol on Low TSH levels - when to repeat and when to refer to thyroid clinic?
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (Paediatric)
Referral guideline for rapid referral of suspected type 1 diabetes to reduce the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis
Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D blood levels should only be tested with symptoms indicative of rickets, osteomalacia or symptomatic hypocalcaemia. If deficiency is found with these symptoms, a course of high dose replacement therapy should be prescribed
WM Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Service
Identification of patients and families at raised CV risk from Total Cholesterol of 9mmol/l or more