Diabetes and Endocrinology specialty

Referral criteria

Category ACategory BCategory C
Local hospital planned care
Refer to MDT for opinion if required
Consider referral to MDT for discussion and adviceRefer to MDT
Consider transfer of Care
• Gestational Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Uncomplicated Type 1 Diabetes
• Diabetes with CKD 3
• Type 1 Diabetes with autonomic neuropathy
• Previous bariatric surgery MODY (maturity-onset diabetes of the young)

• Cystic Fibrosis with Type 1 Diabetes
• Diabetes with CKD 4 or 5
• Diabetes and retinopathy requiring treatment during pregnancy and/or kidney impairment (CKD 2 with significant proteinuria i.e. PCR>30; or CKD 3 or more)
Endocrinology
• Hyperthyroidism – well controlled
• Hypothyroidism
• Pituitary Microadenoma (not secreting dopamine)
• Pituitary macroadenoma
• Dopamine producing pituitary microadenoma
• Acromegaly
• Uncontrolled Hyperthyroidism
• Hyperparathyroidism with raised calcium
• Functioning adrenal tumours
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Addison’s disease
• Pheochromocytoma
• Cushing Syndrome
• Acromegaly
• Pituitary macroadenoma
MEN (multiple endocrine neoplasia)

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