1 Who are the clinical staff in HNE Health working in diabetes? A presentation at the 5 August Diabetes Medical Workshop Margaret Lewis

Who works where?  Within HNE Health, diabetes services are community based with the level of service varying across and within clusters: –Diabetes-dedicated services range from integrated, multi-disciplinary services to those conducted by part-time (and sometimes sole) clinicians. –Generalist and specialist staff also care for people with diabetes, but are not funded by diabetes services.

Staff Specialists & Consultants  Newcastle (FTE) Endocrinologists: Drs Arif Alam, Sham Acharya, Kerry Bowen and Tuan Quach, and a visiting consultant funded by GNC Diabetes. In addition, Drs Tom Donnelly and Geoff Eather are funded by the Department of Medicine.  Tamworth (FTE) Endocrinologist and 2 visiting consultants.  Dr Steve May - Nephrologist, Director of the Tamworth Centre.

Other medical staff  Registrars - 3 in Newcastle, shared with Department of Medicine – total of 1.5 (FTE).  CMOs - GP Attachment Program in Newcastle – total of 0.7 (FTE).  Ophthalmologists - access for patients to JHH specialists and 2 visiting specialists in Tamworth.

Diabetes educators (Nursing)  GNC (FTE) CNCs, 1.0 (FTE) CNS, 3.1 (FTE) RNs and additional 0.8 (FTE) CNC and 0.3 (FTE) CNS at JHH funded by Dept of Medicine  LH (FTE) CNC, 1.1 (FTE) RNs, and generalist  UH (FTE) CNC, 1.6 (FTE) generalists  LMNC (FTE) RNs  Mehi (FTE) RN  McIntyre (FTE) RN – nurse practitioner*  Peel (FTE) CNCs, 2.0 (FTE) CNS  Tablelands (FTE) RN  Many of these nurses are Credentialled Diabetes Educators 10 nurses across these clusters have diabetes in their workload

Dietitians  GNC (FTE)  LH (FTE) and generalist dietetics staff  UH (FTE)  LMNC (FTE)  Mehi (FTE) which is generalist dietetics  McIntyre  Peel (FTE)  Tablelands 6 dietitians across these clusters have diabetes in their workload

Podiatrists  High risk foot clinic JHH – 3.0 (FTE) podiatrists funded by GNC Diabetes, but service provided by about 3.0 (FTE) podiatrists – is accessed by patients area-wide. Some education/assessment is also provided by these clinicians as part of GNC Diabetes Programs.  Other podiatry services provided by community podiatrists or by private practitioners.  Unsure of assessments/treatments conducted by trained footcare nurses.