Consultants
- Dr Nik Daskas, Lead Diabetes Consultant
- Dr Rachel Besser, NPDA and Research Lead
- Dr Taffy Makaya
- Dr Agnieszka Brandt-Varma
- Dr Roy Osgood
Specialty Doctors
- Dr Supriyo Basu (on-call consultant)
- Dr Rosemary London
- Dr Rajat Pratap
You may see a doctor whose name is not on the list. This is because we help to train doctors in our hospitals, and sometimes they join our team for a year of specialist training. Our trainee doctors are always closely supervised by an experienced member of our multidisciplinary team.
Specialist Nurses
Jane Haest
Lead Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse and Operational Lead
- Tel: 01865 228737
- Mobile: 07990 781232
- Email: jane.haest@ouh.nhs.uk
Diana Yardley
- Tel: 01865 228793
- Mobile: 07866 420055
- Email: diana.yardley@ouh.nhs.uk
Catherine Earnshaw-Crofts
- Tel: 01865 234584
- Mobile: 07733 300237
- Email: catherine.earnshaw-crofts@ouh.nhs.uk
Miranda Holdship
- Tel: 01865 234584
- Mobile: 07917 215296
- Email: miranda.holdship@ouh.nhs.uk
Hannah Powell
- Tel: 01865 228736
- Mobile: 07919 397460
- Email: hannah.powell@ouh.nhs.uk
Imogen Stamford
- Tel: 01865 225665
- Mobile: 07780 227210
- Email: imogen.stamford@ouh.nhs.uk
Emily Welz
- Tel: 01865 228737
- Mobile: 07747 008349
- Email: emily.welz@ouh.nhs.uk
Sarah Chapman
Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse Schools
- Tel: 01865 28942
- Mobile: 07717 730191
- Email: sarah.chapman1@ouh.nhs.uk
Nicola Birchmore
Diabetes Educator
- Tel: 01865 228737
- Email: nicola.birchmore@ouh.nhs.uk
Dietitians
Anne-Marie Frohock
Lead Paediatric Diabetes Dietitian
- Tel: 01865 231227
- Mobile: 07785 927 038
- Email: anne-marie.frohock@ouh.nhs.uk
Sev Gregory-Smith
- Tel: 01865 231227
- Mobile: 07917 214557
- Email: severine.gregory-smith@ouh.nhs.uk
Andrea Young
- Tel: 01865 231227
- Email: andrea.young@ouh.nhs.uk
Clinical Psychologists
- Dr Mary Owen
- Dr Kat Damazer
Psychology Secretary
Wendy Wyatt
Tel: 01865 234187
Research Nurses
Kirsten Beadon
- Tel: 01865 234149
- Email: kirsten.beadon@ouh.nhs.uk
Melanie James
- Tel: 01865 234905
- Email: melanie.james@ouh.nhs.uk
Alison West
- Tel: 01865 234149
- Email: alison.west@ouh.nhs.uk
Rebecca Law
- Tel: 01865 234905
- Email: rebecca.law@ouh.nhs.uk
Administration and support staff
Vicky Dollemore
Nursing Assistant
Diabetes Secretaries
Tel: 01865 231671
Urgent advice
Please carry out a Blood Glucose Test and a Ketone Test and have these available before calling us.
Contacting us in an emergency
In the unlikely event that you are unable to contact us via the numbers below, do not wait, call your GP or 999 in an emergency.
Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
Diabetes Nurses' Office: 01865 228737/6
If you are unable to reach a Diabetes Nurse please call OUH Switchboard.
Tel: 0300 304 7777 (automated system)
After recorded information about COVID-19, the system will ask who you wish to speak to.
Ask for the Operator, who will be able to connect you to either:
- John Radcliffe Hospital
Bleep Paediatric Endocrinology Registrar, Bleep 1775 (until 5.00pm); or - Horton General Hospital
Bleep 403
Monday to Friday 5.00pm - 9.00pm
Tel: 07823 533466
If no answer, leave a message and we will call you back, or call OUH Switchboard (see above) and ask them to bleep the On-call Paediatric Registrar on 1392.
Monday to Friday 9.00pm - 9.00am
Call OUH Switchboard (see above) and ask them to bleep the On-call Paediatric Registrar on 1392.
Weekends and Bank Holidays 9.00am - 9.00pm
Tel: 07823 533466
If no answer, leave a message and we will call you back, or call OUH Switchboard (see above) and ask them to bleep the On-call Paediatric Registrar on 1392.
Weekends and Bank Holidays 9.00pm - 9.00am
Call OUH Switchboard (see above) and ask them to bleep the On-call Paediatric Registrar on 1392.
Non-urgent advice
Please call the Diabetes Nurses' Office. We check messages Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Occasionally, messages left after 1.30pm may not be answered until the following working day.
Technical support
If you have technical problems with your pump, manufacturers provide 24 hour helpline support:
- Roche: 0800 701 000
- Medtronic: 01923 205167
- Insulet (Omnipod): 0344 856 7820
- Ypsomed: 0800 116 132
- Air Liquide (Tandem T slim): 0800 012 1560
- Advanced Therapeutics for Dana: 01926 833273
- Abbott (Libre): 0800 612 3006
- Dexcom: 0800 031 5761