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Paediatric Network Unit: Pontefract and Wakefield
Unit Name and Address
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals (Pontefract and Wakefield sites)
Aberford Road
Wakefield
WF1 4DG
Name and contact details of Consultant Paediatrician/s
- Dr. Steve Jones: 01924 542507
- Dr. Samka Gakenyi: 01924 542500
- Dr. Allison Grove: 01924 542499
- Dr.Susan Gardiner: 01924 542500
Name and contact details of paediatric diabetes nurses
- Sheila Roberts: 01924 543381 / 01924 543380
- Hilary Shuttler: 01924 543381
Name and contact details of dietician
- Nicola Godley: 01924 543580
- Louise Hatherly
Brief description of unit
The service provides care for 176 children and young people in weekly, age banded consultant clinics with 3 monthly appointments (a weekly clinic on each site plus additional nurse-led clinics). Patients are managed with a range of insulin regimes including twice daily (15%), thrice daily (7%) multiple doses (49%) and insulin pumps (28%). We have a small number of T2D. HbA1c is available at each visit. Transition clinics, jointly with the adult team, are offered from about 16 years of age and teenagers will usually be admitted to the adolescent in patient unit at Pinderfields up to 18 years of age. We have access to CAMHS. An out of hours pager is used to provide specialist advice 7 days a week until 8 pm and patients can contact the ward paediatric team for advice overnight. Off site activities are undertaken with all age groups. About 10 have child protection plans. We have intranet protocols for DKA, new diagnosis, hypoglycaemia, managing intercurrent illness, type 2 diabetes and also guidelines for GPs. There is a parent support group and an annual diabetes education day for nurses.
