Diabetes General Medicine
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Health professionals can access our Referrals
Diabetes care within General Medicine focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and management of people living with diabetes who require medical review, support with blood glucose control, or help managing diabetes related complications.
We care for and treat people with:
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Undifferenced Diabetes.
Exclusions:
(The following conditions/procedures are not routinely seen at Bayside Health - Regional (Bass Coast):
- New diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes with continuous Insulin Infusion
- Gestational Diabetes
- Recent resolved hypoglycaemia episode resulting in unconsciousness
- <18years.
How to access this service
Referral to this service can be made by your general practitioner (GP), another medical specialist or a healthcare professional, as well as hospital-based staff in the emergency department, inpatient wards and other areas of the hospital.
More information for health practitioners and referrers is available here:
Diabetes (General Medicine) Referral Guide:
Referral Form: MR-309 Outpatient specialist clinic referral:
Clinically recommended guidance and resources for Health Professionals in the Gippsland region are available through Gippsland Pathways.
What to bring to your appointment:
• Medicare card
• Health Care Card and/or concession card (if you have one)
• Private health insurance card (if applicable/if you want to use it)
• Adverse drug alert card (if you have one)
• Previous x-ray films, scans, ultrasounds or any other test results or reports
• Medicines you need to take while you are here
• List of medicines you are currently taking (or the boxes), including medicines you have bought without a prescription, such as herbal supplements and vitamins
• Glasses, hearing aid(s) and/or walking frame if needed.
