Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology
About the Service / Department
The Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology provides a broad range of specialist care covering all aspects of Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Location
The service covers all 3 sites: Watford General Hospital, Hemel Hempstead Hospital and St Albans City Hospital. The Endocrine Investigation Unit is located at the Watford site.
Service / Department specialties
- General diabetes clinic, new patient and follow-ups and general endocrine clinic.
- New patient and follow-ups weekly on all 3 sites.
- Specialist diabetes clinics for adolescents and young adults on all 3 sites.
- Specialist diabetes/endocrine ante-natal clinic held every 2 weeks at Watford and St Albans.
- Close links with tertiary endocrine services, including pituitary disorders with Queen Square.
- Adrenal and parathyroid with Hammersmith and/or Oxford. Parathyroid Surgery with Imperial.
- Chronic Fatigue is covering services for all of Herts linked to St Bartholomew’s. Hospital within a managed network.
- Specialist diabetes Pump Clinics at Watford site.
- Nurse led clinics for diabetes and endocrine on all 3 sites.
- Telephone clinics for diabetes and endocrine.
- Teaching for patients and health care professionals.
Consultants
- Dr Thomas Galliford
- Dr Arif Hamda
- Dr Colin Johnston
- Dr Chantal Kong
- Dr Arla Ogilvie
- Dr Julia Ostberg
- Dr Ana Pokrajac
- Dr Pawan Pulsakar
Referrals
Referrals are made by letter, SPOC referral forms graded by Drs or Choose and Book
Outpatient Clinics
Day of week | Location |
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Monday am | |
Diabetic clinic for NEW patients | Watford |
Diabetic clinic for NEW patients and Follow Up patients, including a Foot clinic | Hemel Hempstead |
Tuesday am | |
Diabetic clinic for NEW patients and Follow Up patients and including a Foot clinic | St Albans |
Combined Antenatal clinic 1st and 3rd Tuesday of month | St Albans |
Tuesday pm | |
Adolescent Clinic 2-4pm - 3rd Tuesday of month | Hemel Hempstead |
Adolescent Clinic 2-4pm - Last Tuesday of month | St Albans |
Young adult clinic 4-6pm - 3rd Tuesday of month | Hemel Hempstead |
Young adult clinic 4-6pm - Last Tuesday of month | St Albans |
Wednesday am |
|
Diabetic clinic for follow up patients | Watford |
Thursday am |
|
Endocrine Clinic | Hemel Hempstead |
Thursday pm |
|
Endocrine Clinic | Watford |
Friday am |
|
Endocrine Clinic | St Albans |
Combined antenatal clinic (alternative weeks) | Watford |
Contact Details
Hemel Hempstead Hospital
Diabetes Specialist Nurses
Level 3, Verulam Wing
Hemel Hempstead Hospital
Hillfield Road
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP2 4AD
Tel: 01442 287482
Fax: 01442 287381
St Albans City Hospital
Diabetes Specialist Nurses
Outpatients Department
St Albans City Hospital
Waverley Road
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL3 5PN
Tel: 01442 287482
Fax: 01442 287381
Watford General Hospital
Diabetes Specialist Nurses
Michael Clements Diabetes Centre
Sycamore House
Watford General Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire WD18 0HB
Tel: 01923 217553
Fax: 01923 217673
Hemel Hempstead Hospital
Consultants
- Dr Tom Galliford
- Dr Ana Pokrajac
- Dr Chantal Kong
- Dr Pawan Pusalkar
Secretaries
- Judith Conlon – 01442 287083
- Sharon Meccariello – 01442 287482
St Albans City Hospital
Consultants
- Dr Chantal Kong
- Dr Colin Johnston
Secretaries
- Melanie Barnham – 01727 897858
Watford General Hospital
Consultants
- Dr Arla Ogilvie
- Dr Tom Galliford
- Dr Ana Pokrajac
- Dr Julia Ostberg
- Dr Pawan Pusalkar
- Dr Arif Hamda
- Dr Colin Johnston
Secretaries
- Leslie Sweeting-White – 01923 217287
- Joanna Wilson – 01923 436033
- Gabriella Parry – 01923 217696
- Secretary – 01923 217800
Diabetes Specialist Nurses (covering all 3 sites, contact numbers as above)
- Sharon Carter
- Caroline Harris
- Chris Feben
- Sonia Fullerton
- Wendy Liberty
- Kieran Mullan
- Phyllis Renehan
- Katherine Tamayo
- Laura Thomas
Endocrine Specialist Nurses (covering all 3 sites as above)
- George Kabambe - 01923 217848
- Darshna Patel
Dieticians
- Debbie Blissitt 01923 218135 Bleep 1161
- Joan Pollack 01923 217414 Bleep 1074
Foot Health Service
Tel: 01582 711545
Fax: 01582 765537
Podiatrists
- Peter Smith
- Rebecca Gardner
Retinal Screening
Watford, Hemel, St Albans 01442 285825