General medicine
Our general medicine consultants deal with a wide range of conditions including diabetes, chest complaints, kidney failure, heart attacks and severe stomach disorders.
Our services include:
- Dermatology - the assessment and treatment of conditions
associated with diseases of the skin; skin allergy
- Diabetes - our diabetes team includes two hospital-based
diabetes specialist nurses who support those with pre-existing or
newly diagnosed diabetes
- Endocrinology - specialist medicine which involves the study of
glands that secrete hormones and the effect they have on the body.
Sub-specialties include thyroid; thyroid oncology; lipid disorder
and metabolic medicine
Diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism are based in the diabetes
centre. Clinical services are provided by Dr Karl Metcalfe - the
clinical lead - and Dr James Ahlquist, Dr Ayesha
Siddiqui, Dr Philip Kelly and Dr Godwin Simon. Diabetes
services are supported by our diabetes specialist nurses Sr Maureen
Austin, Sr Michelle Purchese and Sr Jackie Reid.
Contact us
Dermatology patient pathway co-ordinator (for patient queries):
01702 385332
Diabetes centre: 01702 385350
Endocrinology reception: 01702 435555 ext 6193