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Clinical information for GPs or patients

On this page you will find links to useful clinical information for GPs and for patients.

 

Diabetes Patient Information

 

Diabetes UK

Diasend user instructions

Management of Hypoglycaemia

Type 1 Diabetes - what to do when you are ill

Type 2 Diabetes - what to do when you are ill

 

Endocrine Patient Information

 

NET (neuroendocrine tumour) Patient Foundation or 0800 434 6476.

AMEND (Association for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Disorders or 01892 516076.

The Pituitary Foundation

Addison's Disease Self Help Group

British Thyroid Foundation

Butterfly Thyroid Cancer Trust

The Gender Trust

Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Support Group

Klinefelter's Syndrome Association UK

Turner Syndrome Support Society UK

Society for Endocrinology UK

You and Your Hormones (The official public information website of the Society for Endocrinology)

Endo Bible (A free service to health professionals designed to promote excellence in clinical practice)

 

Guidance for healthcare professionals:   

 

updated Dec 2022

Management of patients taking steroid medication (glucocorticoids) during illness, surgery, labour or other inter-current stress 

Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology - Information for endocrine patients taking replacement steroid medication (glucocorticoids) 

 

being updated

Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults

Vitamin D Deficiency in Adults in Specific Associated Conditions: primary hyperparathyroidism and pregnancy

Urinary 5HIAA Collection - Interfering Foods and Medications

Q&As to accompany to the 2015 BTA Statement on the Management of Hypothyroidism

Management of primary hypothyroidism: statement by the British Thyroid Association Executive Committee

Advice for patients receiving testosterone therapy