Diabetes Centre - Information for Health Professionals

The Diabetes Centre has a referral criteria and referral form for our services.

The services we provide are:

Diabetes clinics
Diabetes Nurse Educator clinic
Dietitian clinic
High level and complex diabetic foot care clinic
Multidiscipline high risk foot clinic

Our clinics

Medical Clinic times

Monday 8.45am - 11.30am

Tuesday 8.45am - 11.30am

Wednesday 9.00am - 11.30am

Thursday 2.00pm - 4.00pm (Type 1 diabetes only)

Friday 8.30am - 11.30am

Our specialist team

The Centre is staffed with Endocrinologists, Credentialed Diabetes Nurse Educators, Accredited Practicing Dieticians and High Risk Foot Podiatrists.

Clinic consultants

Associate Professor Ann Poynten

Associate Professor Helen Barrett

Dr Barbara Depcyznski

Dr Kerry-lee Milner

Other health professionals (Podiatrist, Dietitian, Diabetes Nurse Educator)

Monday - Friday on an appointment basis

Dietitian Nasseem Malouf

Senior Podiatrist Jayne McGreal

Podiatrist Siobhan Sullivan

Diabetes Educators Analiza Santiago, Lissa Kirkpatrick, Ashvin Nursing

Referral criteria

Referrals are accepted for:

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Unstable Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Patients with complex Diabetes medical problems
Diabetic Foot Ulcers (or history of Diabetic Foot Ulcers)

For all medical and high risk foot referrals please refer to either:

Associate Professor Helen Barrett
Dr Barbara Depczynski
Dr Kerry-Lee Milner
Associate Professor Ann Poynten

The service does not have the capacity to accept referrals for:

Uncomplicated, well controlled Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Impaired Glucose Tolerance
Roads & Maritime Service License Examinations
Ongoing General Podiatry
Patients outside of Princes of Wales Hospital catchment (please refer to local diabetes service)

Please refer to private endocrinologists for patients requiring these services.

How to make a referral for your patient

Review the referral criteria above. To refer your patient use the electronic referral via Healthlink. See this webpage for further information around electronic referrals. If you cannot access Healthlink, please send a fax to Diabetes Centre at 02 9382 4612.

Urgent referrals

Urgent or immediate referrals are for:

Newly diagnosed, suspected or unstable Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Severe Hyperglycaemia in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Severe Hypoglycaemia
Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers.

Priority 1 Referrals 1-2 Weeks

Poorly controlled Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Grade 3 or Higher Chronic Kidney Disease
Recent Discharge from Hospital or Imminent Surgery or Chemotherapy

Priority 2 Referrals 6-12 Weeks

Failure to respond to glucose lowering medications
Diabetic patients with microvascular and macrovascular complications
Previous Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Type 1 Diabetes Review
Preconception planning for women with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

For the above urgent referrals phone the Diabetes Centre on 02 9382 4600.