Children’s Diabetes

Meet the team

The Children's Diabetes team support children, young people and families who live with diabetes.

Top row left to right:  Dr Grove, Consultant, Dr Saunders, Consultant, Dr Allagoa, Consultant, Dr Gardiner, Consultant, Dr Hemming, Consultant.
Middle rows left to right: Becky Leeming, Diabetes Nurse, Kate Scott, Diabetes Nurse, Kayleigh Rose, Diabetes, Nurse, Katie Anderson, Diabetes Nurse,Lundsey Grundy, Diabetes Nurse, Nina Jackson, Diabetes Dietitian, Jenny Coupland, Diabetes Dietitian, Nicky Godley, Dietitian, Steph Waters, Nursing Associate.
Bottom row left to right: Shaeen Hussain, Senior Diabetic Clinic Assistant, Jess West, Health Care Assistant, Rachel Mumford, Clinical Psychologist, Julie Thompson, Coordinator.

Our team's aim:

Our team will offer every child and young person with diabetes, along with their carers, a personalised education and skills programme. This will be tailored to their needs, abilities, and goals, helping them manage their diabetes from childhood through to independent adulthood. We will work in partnership with them, using age-appropriate and evidence-based methods, to provide consistent care across our network.

Where can you access this service?

Our clinics are held at the Children's Outpatients at:

Dewsbury and District Hospital
Pinderfields Hospital
Pontefract Hospital

We also offer support at home, school, and via phone calls. 

Low blood glucose levels

• Management of Hypoglycaemia.pdf
• Management of Hypoglycaemia on closed loops.pdf

Living with diabetes workbook

• Living with Diabetes Workbook

Food & nutrition

• Healthy eating and carbohydrate counting pdf
• Under Fives Food Activity and Diabetes.pdf
• Snacks for children and young people with diabetes.pdf
• Insulin Pump Bolus Options and glycaemic index.pdf
• Carb counting and insulin adjustment when eating out.pdf

Digibete carb counting videos from 'Type 1 Kidz Gang and DigiBete'

• Introduction
• Step 1 – Identify foods with carbs
• Step 2 – Working out portion sizes
• Step 3- Calculating carbs
• Step 4- Working out your insulin dose

Physical activity and exercise 

• Exercise and type 1 Diabetes.pdf
• Building muscle mass
• Enjoy being active with Type 1 Diabetes leaflets 

School  

• Schools carb counting
• My Diabetes Social Story 
• My Diabetes Social Story Interactive Worksheet 
• Useful links for schools (digibete)
• Practical Skills - DigiBete School and Community Training Platform

Digibete schools resources

• Pre-School - DigiBete
• Primary - DigiBete
• Secondary - DigiBete

Pumps and devices

• Omnipod 5 presentation video.
• Omnipod 5 training booklet
• Medtronic Minimed 780G system with SmartGuard technology Top Tips.pdf
• Medtronic Minimed training booklet
• CamAPS closed loops 

South Asian

• South Asian Groups video

The Diabetes Team would like to invite everyone under our care who is aged between 9-17 years to our LaserZone Christmas Party!

• Date: Thursday 5 December 2024
• Time: 3.40pm to 6.00pm
• Venue: Xscape, Castleford

The cost will be £5 per person, which you will need to send with the enclosed forms below. The afternoon will include:

• 3 games
• Pizza
• Party bag

You will need to bring your blood testing kit and your teatime insulin.

Please wear flat sensible shoes/trainers.

To book your place, please call the diabetes team on 01924 543380 or text Locala chat health number on 07312 263031.

Please book your place by Friday 25 November and complete the following form, returning to:

Paediatric Diabetes Team, 20-22 Barr Lane, Wakefield WF1 4AD

christmas invite forms.pdf[pdf] 202KB

Places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis. 

Feedback from clinic appointments

If I, or my child, have any worries they don't ever hesitate answering any questions no matter how simple they may be and that's what I really like about the diabetes team. They are very understanding and helpful with any problems or worries we have.

It is like seeing family. They know me well and collaborate well to answer questions/plan next steps etc. They are very supportive and proactive.

Feedback from a parent about a 'Cook and Eat' event organised by the Children’s Diabetes team

The best thing about the session was the support given to us today as novices on this vital issue and seeing other children/adults dealing with this issues – a great learning curve. The staff were so supportive of everyone.

Next Steps group feedback

Feedback from South Asian diabetes group session 

Wakefield Families Together - For family support across Wakefield, Pontefract and Castleford. 

Dewsbury and Wakefield Young Diabetics aims to support families whose lives have been touched by diabetes. We organise regular meetings and information sessions and each year try to arrange activities to help children and families learn about the illness. 

Digibete is a fantastic resource that has been developed by one of our patient families. It is a video platform designed to help families self-manage Type 1 diabetes and also prepare them for what to expect when they come to clinic for the first time.

Including: lipohypotrophy, injection sites and newly diagnosed information.  Watch this video on how to give an injection of glucagon.

CYPDN is a national network of families and diabetes healthcare providers, all working towards a standardised approach to care for children and young people with Type 1 diabetes. Since it was established in 2010 we have seen a significant improvement in HbA1c levels.

JDRF is a global charity dedicated to funding research and providing support for children and young people with Type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes UK is the largest charity focussed on diabetes research in the UK. It provides information and support for people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. 

Locala provides the community care for North Kirklees.

Goals of diabetes education is a structured education programme created by Novo Nordisk. It is divided into 6 age groups, designed to provide an overview of key facts that patients and their families should understand and be able to implement as they progress from diagnosis through to transition to the adult service.

West Yorkshire Healthier Together is a NHS organisation with the goal to improve the health of babies, children and young people throughout West Yorkshire.