Referrals for islet transplant are being accepted by teams at seven centres across the UK. The doctors at each centre can be contacted directly using the details given below.
Bristol
Dr James Bushnell
Richard Bright Renal Unit, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol BS10 5NB
Email: james.bushnell@nbt.nhs.uk
Tel: 0117 323 5434
Edinburgh
Mr John Casey
Transplant Unit, Royal infirmary of Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA
Email: jcasey@staffmail.ed.ac.uk
Tel: 0131 242 1714
Dr Shareen Forbes
Transplant Unit, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, 51 Little France Crescent, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SA
Email: shareen.forbes@ed.ac.uk
Tel: 0131 242 6741
North London
Dr Miranda Rosenthal
Diabetes Department, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG
Email: miranda.rosenthal@nhs.net
Tel: 020 7794 0500 x 33325
South London
Dr Pratik Choudhary
Department of Diabetes, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS
Email: pratik.choudhary@nhs.net
Tel: 020 7848 5639
Manchester
Dr Martin Rutter, Manchester Diabetes Centre, 193 Hathersage Road, Manchester M13 0JE
Email: martin.rutter@cmft.nhs.uk
Tel: 0161 276 6709
Newcastle
Prof James Shaw
Institute of Transplantation, Freeman Hospital, Freeman Road, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN
Email: jim.shaw@newcastle.ac.uk
Tel: 0191 282 3414
Oxford
Prof Paul Johnson
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences and Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (OCDEM), Level 6, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU
Email: paul.johnson@nds.ox.ac.uk
Tel: 01865 221291
Reviewed: March 2013
Next review: November 2013