Quicklinks
Diabetes and Endocrinology
The Townsville HHS Diabetes and Endocrine Centre promotes prevention, detection, treatment and management of diabetes in both adult and paediatric patients and their families. The centre offers a clinical service including health promotion, research, information, counselling, school visits, support to teachers and carers and education to all people affected by diabetes and endocrine conditions. The HHS also provides specialist out-patient clinics and inpatient management wherever required. We are a nationally accredited Diabetes and Endocrine Centre.
The service provides compressive care for adult and paediatric patients with endocrine disorders including pituitary, adrenal, thyroid, bone, and reproductive disorders it is well supported by nuclear medicine and pituitary (neurosurgeons) and endocrine surgeons.
The team supports general medicine and endocrine disorders in pregnancy with the obstetric medicine unit, insulin pump management, diabetes high risk foot service, outreach rural clinic and telehealth service.
Referral Process
GP referral needed for specialist appointments
Self referrals taken for diabetes education; phone +61 7 4433 2235
Useful resources
Diabetes Queensland
Diabetes Australia
Endocrine Society of Australia
Contact Us
Ph: (07) 4433 2235
Fax: (07) 4433 2239
E: Send email
Adult and paediatric (children) endocrinology
Level one
Townsville University Hospital
100 Angus Smith Drive
Douglas QLD 4814
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday
8.00am-4.30pm
Site footer
The Townsville Hospital and Health Service acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which our health facilities have been built and on which we meet today.
We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging; and we value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, culture and knowledge.