{"id":208,"date":"2026-06-11T09:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7c71d11735.nxcli.io\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T08:45:01","slug":"diabetes-and-endocrine-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/professionals\/diabetes-and-endocrine-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Diabetes and endocrine diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diabetes and endocrine diseases<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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Referral criteria<\/h3>\n

Conditions for consideration of referral for an opinion, advice or MMC led care.<\/p>\n

For women requiring MMC led care they are managed in the specialist clinic on Thursdays mornings at the RVI. A pre-pregnancy counselling service is offered to diabetic patients at the Newcastle Diabetes centre.<\/p>\n

Lead Maternal Medicine Obstetrician- Dr S Williams (Endocrine) & Dr M Macdougall (Diabetes)<\/p>\n

Lead Diabetologist- Dr S Little<\/p>\n

Lead Endocrinologist & Obstetric Physician- Dr C Napier<\/p>\n

Diabetes Specialist Midwife-<\/p>\n

Pre-pregnancy planning- (contact details- ?Newcastle Diabetes centre)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Clinical resources<\/h3>\n

Managing diabetes and hyperglycaemia during labour and birth- <\/strong>Managing_diabetes_and_hyperglycaemia_during_labour_and_birth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Management of Thyroid disease in pregnancy <\/strong>Management of Thyroid Disorders in Pregnancy – Chan – 2025 – BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology – Wiley Online Library<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

WHO recommendations on care for women with diabetes during pregnancy<\/a><\/p>\n

Patient Information<\/h3>\n

Gestational Diabetes- Diabetes UK <\/strong>What is gestational diabetes? Causes & symptoms | Diabetes UK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Planning for a pregnancy when you have diabetes <\/strong>Pregnancy and diabetes | Diabetes UK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Managing your diabetes during pregnancy- <\/strong>Managing your diabetes during pregnancy | Diabetes UK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Type 1 diabetes and pregnancy- <\/strong>Type 1 diabetes and pregnancy | Diabetes UK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

?You tube video links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Type 2 Diabetes and Pregnancy – YouTube<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Category A
\nLocal expertise<\/th>		Category B
\nReview, advice and guidance from maternal medicine centre<\/th>		Category C
\nCare led by maternal medicine centre<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Gestational diabetes mellitus<\/td>Type 1 and II diabetes mellitus with
\n-nephropathy
\n- cardiovascular disease
\n<\/td>		Primary and secondary hyperaldosteronism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type 1 and II diabetes mellitus including diabetic retinopathy<\/td>Monogenic diabetes<\/td>Phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hypothyroidism<\/td>Thyroid hormone resistance<\/td>Cushing\u2019s syndrome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hyperthyroidism and gestational hyperthyroidism<\/td>Thyroid cancer<\/td>Acromegaly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thyroid nodules<\/td>Macroprolactinoma<\/td>Metabolic disorders such as glycogen storage disorder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
microprolactinoma<\/td>Pituitary disease on hormone replacement therapy<\/td>Hyperparathyroidism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PCOS<\/td>Congenital adrenal hyperplasia<\/td>Hypoparathyroidism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vitamin D Deficiency<\/td>Dumping syndrome post bariatric surgery<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>Addison\u2019s disease<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diabetes and endocrine diseasesReferral criteria Conditions for consideration of referral for an opinion, advice or MMC led care. For women requiring MMC led care they are managed in the specialist clinic on Thursdays mornings at the RVI. A pre-pregnancy counselling service is offered to diabetic patients at the Newcastle Diabetes centre. Lead Maternal Medicine Obstetrician-...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":86,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-208","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/215"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nencmaternalmedicine.nhs.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}