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Important: For advice or emergencies out of hours

Adults

Contact the on-call Medical Receiving Doctor at Raigmore Hospital via the main switchboard:

  • phone 01463 704 000

Paediatrics

Contact the Highland Children's Unit at Raigmore Hospital:

  • phone 01463 704335
  • or phone 01463 704336

Diabetes Centre Reception

  • phone 01463 255930

Receptionists

Clinics Administrator

  • phone 01463 255948

Diabetes consultants

Dr David Macfarlane

phone 01463 705557
secretary email angela.mcniven@nhs.scot

Dr Kenneth Muir

phone 01463 705322
secretary email angelina.fraser@nhs.scot 

Dr Alison Heggie

phone 01463 705444
secretary email suzanne.lewis@nhs.scot

Dr Victoria Franklin (paediatrics)

phone 01463 705324

Dr Louise Ferguson

phone 01463 705324

Diabetes specialist nurses

The nurses are on duty Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.  Messages can be left on mobile phones and/or answer phones.

Adults

Secondary Care Diabetes Specialist Nurse Team

Covering Type 1 specialities: insulin pumps, young adults, pregnancy, islet cell transplants.

  • phone 01463 255950
  • or phone 01463 255936

Karen McLean
email karen.mclean9@nhs.scot

Angela Delaye
email angie.delaye@nhs.scot

Heather Peel
email heather.peel@nhs.scot

Paediatrics

Fiona Ballantyne
Senior Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Maria MacDonald
Paediatric Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Kerstin Norman
Paediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Specialist Nurse

Community diabetes specialist nurse teams

Argyll and Bute

Fiona Carmichael
Diabetes Specialist Nurse (Islay only)
phone 01496 305 305
email fiona.carmichael@nhs.scot 

Judy Semple
Diabetes Specialist Nurse (Campbeltown area, Monday and Thursday)
phone 01586 555 825
email judy.semple@nhs.scot

Mercy Dillon
Diabetes Specialist Nurse (Oban, Lorn and the Isles)
phone: 01631 788986
email mercy.dillon@nhs.scot

Highland - Caithness and Sutherland

departmental email nhsh.northandwestdsn@nhs.scot 

Melanie Sutherland
Advanced Practice Community Diabetes Nurse
Caithness and Sutherland
mobile 07909 882419

Caroline Cowie
Specialist Diabetes Nurse
Sutherland
mobile 07990 776898

Kirsty Macleod
Specialist Diabetes Nurse
Caithness
mobile 07974 213271

Highland - South, Mid and West

Fiona Wilson
Advanced Practice Community Diabetes Nurse
mobile 07972 621418
email fiona.wilson45@nhs.scot

Tracey Roemobile 07966 140586email tracey.roe3@nhs.scot

Barry Gunn
mobile 07972 621415email barry.gunn@nhs.scot

Laura MacAllister
mobile 07748 761674
email laura.macallister2@nhs.scot

Joanne Pennie
mobile 07977 140750
email joanne.pennie@nhs.scot 

Angela Wint
mobile 07816 060497
email angela.wint@nhs.scot

Diabetes specialist dietitians

Covering the Highland HSCP area and based at Raigmore Hospital.

Adults

email nhsh.diabetesdietitians@nhs.scot 

Kirsty Hickson
Diabetes Specialist Dietitian
phone 01463 255944

Paediatrics

Julie Johnson
Paediatric Dietetic Lead

Nikki Strachan
Kathryn Donaghy
Specialist Paediatric Dietitians

Diabetes education team

Argyll and Bute

See more information on dietetic and diabetes education services.

Self-referral

email nhsh.dietitiansdirect@nhs.scot 
phone 01631 789 041 (voicemail)

Staff

Seonaid Morrison
Advanced Nurse in Diabetes
email seonaid.morrison@nhs.scot 

Jessica Fletcher
Specialist Dietitian (Diabetes)
email jessica.fletcher3@nhs.scot

Diabetes specialist podiatrists

South and Mid Highland

email nhsh.southandmidpodiatry@nhs.scot 

The Highland Diabetes Institute
UHI House
Old Perth Road
Inverness
IV2 3JH
phone 01463 255937

Highland Podiatry Clinic
24 Abban Street
Inverness
IV3 8HH
phone 01463 723250

Advanced Practice Podiatrists, high risk foot:

  • Jane Gorman
  • Fiona Main

email nhsh.diabetesfootclinic@nhs.scot 

Diabetes services and resources

Last updated: 17 September 2024

Next review date: 17 December 2024