Please be aware that all routine outpatient appointments for diabetes and endocrinology will be delivered by telephone consultation during the Covid-19 crisis. If you have an imminent appointment at one of our clinics you will be contacted by phone or letter to inform you of alternative arrangements. Wherever possible we will attempt to deliver a telephone consultation around the time of your previously scheduled hospital appointment.
Advice for people with diabetes
If you have type 2 diabetes and you are on an SGLT2i tablet (empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin), you should stop these medications if you develop symptoms of coronavirus. This is because these tablets can increase your risk of developing diabetic ketoacidosis. They can be restarted 2 days after your symptoms clear up. Please keep taking your usual medications unless you become unwell. The link to the Diabetes UK website contains more detailed information:
Sick day rules for type 1 diabetes from MyDiabetesMyWay
Scottish Government Covid-19 advice for people with diabetes (published April 1st 2020)
Latest Covid-19 and diabetes statistics - a summary from diabetes UK (May 2020)
Advice for people with adrenal / pituitary disorders
SfE update for people with adrenal insufficiency (pituitary / adrenal disease) - 20th March 2020
SfE advice for people who take replacement steroids - Covid-19
SfE advice for people with pituitary-adrenal disease
Sick day rules for people on HYRDOCORTISONE
Diabetes educational resources
Please consider taking advantage of these excellent educational resources during this enforced period of isolation
My Diabetes My Way offers online educational resources for people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes:
DTN-UK offers a comprehensive package of educational videos to help people get the most out of the Freestyle Libre:
