In your area
DiabetesUlster.com is the website of the South Eastern Trust Diabetes Service.
The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust was established on 1st April 2007 and is one of 5 Health and Social Care Trusts within Northern Ireland. The South Eastern Trust is an integrated organisation, incorporating both acute hospital services along with community health and social services and it serves a population of approx 440,000 people.
The Trust covers the local government districts of Ards, North Down, Down and Lisburn. The main hospital bases are: Ards Community Hospital, Bangor Community Hospital, the new Downe Hospital, Downshire Hospital, Lagan Valley Hospital and the Ulster Hospital. Community bases are located in many local towns and villages from Moira in the West to Portaferry in the East and from Bangor in the North to Newcastle in the South. In addition to its geographical spread, there is also a noticeable diversity in its population characteristics, embracing areas of relative wealth and prosperity as well as pockets of considerable deprivation and need.
This website has been developed to provide information to those with diabetes who live within the Trust’s catchment area. There are specialist diabetes clinics running in lots of locations:-
In addition there are well developed diabetes clinics running in many GP surgeries and a number of hospital and community based diabetes specialist nurses to support practice nurses and district nurses and to help support you and your family.
To find out more about the specialist services available in your area – click here.