Paediatric Diabetes Clinics
Director of Paediatrics
To attend a clinic by a Paediatrician you will require a referral letter from your GP. These clinics involve a Paediatrician, Diabetes Educator, Dietitian and Psychologist.
The paediatric diabetes clinics care for children with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, including those on insulin pumps.
Burnie - Paediatrician
Clinics are run every fortnight on a Tuesday at the North West Diabetes Centre, 52-56 Bass Highway, Cooee.
To refer, Medical Officers can:
- Phone (03) 6493 6100
- Fax a referral letter to (03) 6431 8061
Please include in referral:
- Patient details
- Health summary
- List of medications
- Relevant pathology
- Anything else of relevance
Devonport - Paediatrician
Clinics are run twice a month on Monday or Friday at the Devonport Commnity and Health Service Centre: Steele Street, Devonport.
To refer, Medical Officers can:
- Phone (03) 6421 7758
- Fax a referral letter to (03) 6441 5946
Please include in referral:
- Patient details
- Health summary
- List of medications
- Relevant pathology
- Anything else of relevance
Transitional clinics
Nurse Practitioner
These clinics are held at both sites to support young people moving from the paediatric to the adult clinics. Flexible ways of contacting the young person to keep them in the health system are used.
These clinics are held at both Devonport (Thursday afternoon) and Burnie (Friday afternoon). To book phone (03) 6493 6100