DSN Forum UK
Sharing best practice to improve outcomes for people living with diabetes
Our Vision
The aim of the DSN Forum UK is to share best practice through connecting diabetes specialist nurses across the UK within a supportive network leading to improved outcomes for people living with diabetes. Our website is designed to help healthcare professionals navigate the vast amount of diabetes resources with a simple click of a button.
About us
The DSN Forum UK was founded by Amanda Williams in March 2018, the other directors are Bethany Kelly, Tamsin Fletcher-Salt and Vicki Alabraba. The team are all passionate NHS diabetes specialist nurses, who love new and innovative ways to raise awareness, educate and improve diabetes care. The DSN Forum won the QiC Diabetes Health Care Professionals of the Year in 2018 and were HSJ Value Award finalists in 2019.
Meet the Directors
Amanda Williams
Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Beth Kelly
Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Wiltshire Health and Care NHS Partnership
Tamsin Fletcher-Salt
Lead Diabetes Specialist Nurse
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Vicki Alabraba
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust, EDEN Team
Meet the Affiliates
Elaine Allerton
Senior Diabetes Specialist Dietitian
Diabetes Care for You Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Donna Sutton
Lead Community Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Paula Johnston
Lead Inpatient Diabetes Specialist Nurse
University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Orleas Mullings
Advanced Nurse Practitioner Lead for Diabetes & Endocrinology
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Trust
Meet the Affiliates
Tembi Chinaire
Diabetes Consultant Nurse
Inner Specialist Services
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
Alison Cox
Diabetes Specialist Nurse
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Our Partners
We work in collaboration with LKOTT Medical Communications who act as the DSN Forum UK secretariat and we are also part of the hFRenDs partnership with the British Society for Heart Failure Nurse Forum and the Association of Nephrology Nurses UK. We are also education partners for the Diabetes Professional Care conference.
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Connecting
Sharing
Growing
Our forum now has over 2000 members all of which are specialists working exclusively within diabetes care. If you are a diabetes specialist nurse in the UK and would like to join, please answer the screening questions to ensure the group is maintained as a diabetes specialist nurse forum.
Diabetes Health Care Professionals Voices
The DSN Forum has been well received by many diabetes healthcare professionals since it was founded in 2018. Here are a selection of narratives from a range of diabetes professionals around the UK.
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