Diabetes educators at BCH provide education, support, monitoring and referral as appropriate to enable adults living with diabetes or at risk of diabetes to make the life style changes necessary to improve their health. 

Group education is available in addition to individual appointments. Groups include Caring for Diabetes; an eight week program for adults with Type 2 diabetes and DAFNE (Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating) for adults with Type 1 diabetes.

Educators are also available to provide education within workplaces and to community groups.

Ballarat Community Health - Wendouree

Ballarat Community Health provides quality confidential community based health services enabling people of all ages to attain and maintain optimal health and well being. Services include Health Promotion, Alcohol/Drug services, Mental Health programs, Counseling, Youth Housing, Refugee Health and Support Services, Community Health nursing, Clinical and Allied health advice and assessments, General Practice Clinics, Sexual health Clinic, Workplace Health checks. Services are provided from six main sites located in Central Ballarat, Ballarat East, Sebastopol, Smythesdale, Wendouree and Wendouree West. Outreach clinics and services are also delivered at a number of locations throughout the Central Highlands. The Centre is an accredited community health service provider through the Quality Improvement Council and has 3 year accreditation under the Quality Improvement Community Services Accreditation of Victoria (QICSA).

St John of God Ballarat Hospital

Services including Hydrotherapy, Brachy therapy, Radiotherapy, Stomal therapy, Health information/referral, Dietetics, Health advocacy, Nursing, Occupational therapy, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Diabetes Education, Continence advisory service, Ante and post natal classes, Breast feeding service, Cardiac rehabilitation, Mastectomy support service, Pastoral services,Day pregnancy assessment, Domicialiary midwifery, Oral surgery, Emergency medical, Outpatients, Hospital, Psychiatry, Psychology, Pathology - general, Immunology and allergy, Dermatology, Gastroenterology and hepatology, Intensive care medicine, Medical oncology, Neurology, Rehabilitation medicine, Sleep medicine, Cardiac angiography, Endocrinology, Renal medicine, Obstetrics and gynaecology, Radiation oncology, Diagnostic ultrasound, Nuclear medicine, Obstetric and gynaecological ultrasound, Echocardiography, X-Ray, Mammography, CT, Surgery - general, Cardiothoracic surgery, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic surgery, Otolaryngology - head & neck surgery, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, Urology, Otorhinolaryngology, Colo-rectal surgery, perinatal infant mental health.

The Resource Centre offers a discreet and specialist supply of diabetic equipment and products.

The Resource Centre is open 10.00 am - 4.00 pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Fridays and is located in Clinical Services, Queen Elizabeth Centre, 102 Ascot St South, Ballarat.

Area Serviced
Central Highlands region

Initial Contact
Reception, Ph: 03 5320 3829

Ballarat Health Services - Ballarat Base Hospital

Diabetes Education To Assist (DETA) - Ballarat

Credentialled Diabetes Educator, diabetes education, pregnancy, community support and private consultancy

Lachlan Campbell's Diabetes Clinic

Diabetes Nurse Educators work with individuals with diabetes and their families to better understand and manage diabetes and other related conditions.
Programs delivered by the diabetes educators  include:  
•	Diabetes education individual consultations
•	Carbohydrate counting (type 1 diabetes)
•	 Getting Started (people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes)
•	DAFNE – Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating (type 1 diabetes group program)
•	Diabetes Annual Review Clinic

Ballarat Community Health - Lucas

Saturday availability by appointment only

Specialised Diabetes Services

Ballarat Community Health - Sebastopol

The Diabetes Educator assists people to better understand the day to day management of diabetes through education (one to one, group and community), clinical care, counselling and health promotion.

Hepburn Health @ Creswick

Hepburn Health @ Creswick offers a comprehensive range of community based services and is committed to working closely with the local community to develop and provide a range of community health care options. Interpreting Services: Available on request.

Hepburn Health @ Clunes

Hepburn Health @ Clunes offers a comprehensive range of community based services. The Clunes Medical Centre is also located at the Community Health Centre, with doctors in attendance five days a week.

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