Diabetes Education Service

What we do

We aim to:

• help those with diabetes through education and management strategies
• provide education for inpatients as well as outpatients.

Who we care for:

We care for people who have a diagnosis of Type 1 & 2 diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, diabetes in Pregnancy, Steroid Induced Diabetes (SIDM) and Paediatric Diabetes.

How to access this service

Your specialist at Bendigo Health, or your GP must make a referral to our service, please see your GP to organise this.

Our Clinics and Services

• Individual appointments with a Credentialled Diabetes Educator® (CDE) Provides education for people with all types of diabetes inclusive of type 1, type 2, diabetes in pregnancy and paediatric diabetes.

• Ambulatory insulin stabilisation program Educates people on initiation of insulin and provides opportunity for insulin adjustment
• Insulin pump service
• Continuous glucose monitoring service This service provides continuous glucose monitoring over a 7 day period to assist in the optimal management of blood glucose control
• Teaching and training for our hospital staff

• HARP diabetes educator.
• Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinic
  Multi disciplinary clinic for all pregnant women with either pre-existing or gestational diabetes.

• Diabetes High Risk Foot Clinic
  Multi disciplinary services for people with significant complications and foot pathologies, peripheral neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease due to diabetes.
• Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes Clinic
  Multi disciplinary clinic and support and education for people of school age or up to the age of 20 with diabetes.
• FlexIT Carb Counting Course
• Teacher Education Days

Click here for information about when to contact the Diabetes Service