A DIABETES clinic specialising in pre-surgery care has been hailed a success.

The clinic, run by the North East Essex diabetes team, sees nurses at local community healthcare provider, Anglian Community Enterprise (ACE), work closely with the diabetes team at Colchester General Hospital.

It aims to reduce the number of operations cancelled due to diabetic patents’ blood-sugar levels not being under control at the time .

Its success has been hailed by Dr Charles Bodmer, consultant diabetologist at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust.

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