Referral to a Diabetes Educator or Dietitian You are here:HomeOur servicesList of servicesDiabetes ServiceReferral to a Diabetes Educator or Dietitian Dietitians provide medical nutrition therapy and nutrition counselling for: Weight management and very low energy diets (e.g. Optifast) Carbohydrate counting and awareness Optimising nutrition Diabetes Educators provide diabetes self-management education, instructions and support for people with diabetes. Specific services include: Ambulatory insulin dose adjustment clinic (Specialist referrals required) Continuous glucose monitoring service Insulin pump service General diabetes self –management education Referrals accepted from: General Practitioners Specialists Allied Health Professionals Registered Nurses Eligibility: Patients with established type 1 diabetes aged 16 years and over (for education on carbohydrate counting, sick-day management and other self-management issues) Patients with newly diagnosed type 1 need an urgent referral to a Diabetes Specialist at the diabetes centre prior to seeing a diabetes nurse educator and dietitian. Please see ‘urgent referrals’. Patients with type 2 diabetes aged 16 years and over and on insulin, other injectable diabetes medication or sulphonylureas Please note: for blood glucose level stabilisation for those treated with insulin please refer to a Diabetes Specialist – see ‘Referral to a Diabetes Specialist’. The Specialist may refer to a diabetes nurse educator and/or dietitian as required. How to refer: STEP 1: Address referral to a Diabetes Educator or Dietitian. STEP 2: Please include type of diabetes, past medical history, current medications, recent HbA1c, and any other relevant information STEP 3: Fax referral to (02) 8382 4665 or email to: svhs.diabetesfax@svha.org.au STEP 4: The Diabetes Centre staff will contact the patient to arrange an appointment. For enquiries please call the Diabetes Centre during office hours 8.00am- 4.30pm, Monday-Friday, excluding public holidays, on (02) 8382 2622.