General diabetes clinics

Diabetes clinics (consultant and nurse-led) are held either at the Crowthorne Unit in Torbay Hospital or at the outpatient department at Newton Abbot Hospital.

All diabetes annual reviews take place in primary care at local surgeries. This allows our hospital-based clinics to focus on more targeted problems or specialist issues relating to diabetes care.

Patient education is a key component of diabetes care. At Torbay, we offer a comprehensive package of education for type 1 diabetes. This includes LIBRA, a course for newly-diagnosed people with type 1 diabetes or those requiring an update on basic principles, and TIFA (Torbay Insulin Food Adjustment), a more advanced course based on Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) principles covering intensive insulin therapy and carbohydrate counting.

We also support a programme of community-based type 2 diabetes education across the South Devon area with members of our multidisciplinary team being involved in group education for newly-diagnosed people with type 2 diabetes.