Ward 46 (General Medicine/Diabetes)

Ward 46

1st floor Ladysmith Building

Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Fountain Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL6 9RW

Our Diabetes service takes place within the community at Ashton Primary Care Centre (young person’s clinic only), in outpatient clinics across site and on Ward 46 for Diabetes and Endocrinology inpatients.

Breakfast: 7:30am - 8:30am

Lunch: 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Tea: 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Our team is comprised of diabetes and endocrinology consultants, diabetes specialist nurses, a diabetes specialist dietitian and the High Risk Foot Team.

Our diabetes team provide the following:

Our consultants review and management of diabetes control taking into account a full holistic view and associated co-morbidities. This is provided in a community setting, ward round and as an antenatal outpatient clinic.
Our diabetes specialist nurses also work across these settings providing management and review of those with diabetes. They will actively manage patients on standalone continuous glucose monitors, insulin pump therapy and hybrid close loop systems. For patients recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, they provide face-to-face and virtual training through DAFNE, and for those recently diagnosed with type 2, through DESMOND.
Other services provided by our specialist nurses are advice and support for people with diabetes with persistent hypoglycaemia or hyperglycaemia, support for people transferring to insulin or GLP1 therapy, specialist advice resources for other health professionals, pre-conceptual/pre-pregnancy advisory service, and educational packages for other healthcare professionals. They also run a young persons clinic from Ashton Primary Care Centre for patients aged 18 to 25.
The High Risk Foot Team are HPC registered podiatrists providing specialist interventions for patients with complex foot ulcerations. This can include scalpel debridement, specialist dressings such as Larvae therapy or topical negative therapies. They also cast patients to provide pressure relief for foot ulcers or charcot neuroarthropathy treatment. They work with the vascular, orthopaedic and diabetes consultants and can facilitate rapid, direct access for patients with limb threatening infection or ulceration. Annual arterial screening service for people who have previously had a lower limb amputation, with the aim of reducing any risks to their remaining limb.
Our diabetes specialist dietitian is HPC registered with skills and experience in helping you to understand how your food and lifestyle choices influence your diabetes. Advice will be tailored specifically to you; the diabetes dietitian will always work with you to identify achievable goals. This dietary advice could include carbohydrate counting and insulin dose adjustment, as well as for during pregnancy.
Our healthcare assistants support all clinicians at Ashton Primary Care. They are available to take bloods, blood pressure and general medical observations that may be required to aid a clinical decision. They can help the high-risk foot team take dressings down and prepare the feet for the clinician. The healthcare assistants are also available to facilitate group education sessions.