Monash National Diabetes Centre of Excellence

Professor Helena Teede

A new Centre of Excellence in diabetes at Monash has been accredited by the National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC).

Monash Diabetes in association with the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI), a collaborative Centre across the School of Public Health Monash University and Monash Health, have been accreditation as a ‘National Diabetes Centre of Excellence’.

“Accreditation recognises Monash Diabetes and MCHRI as a provider of excellence across all categories including clinical care, education, service advocacy, research and national leadership in the area of diabetes,” said MCHRI Director Professor Helena Teede.

Already acknowledged as a leader in diabetes research, Professor Sophia Zoungas is Chair of the NADC and Monash Health / MCHRI hold the federal government contract for national data collection, quality indicators, benchmarking and reporting.

“We are now accredited for four years and are the only accredited Centre of excellence in Victoria. Our work was specifically cited for consumer engagement in research and clinical care design and delivery,” added Professor Teede, who is also Executive Director Monash Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.

“Our success in attaining this accreditation can be attributed to all the members of the Monash Health and Monash University team who work very hard to deliver in all critical areas.” said Deputy Director Dr Georgia Soldartos.

“Special thanks must go to Helena Teede for her vision and leadership,” said Diabetes Clinical Director, Dr Jennifer Wong.

“Together we have transformed Monash Diabetes over the last ten years and established and grown the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation.” Professor Teede noted.

Ten years ago Monash Diabetes included one inpatient service, three ambulatory care services at Monash Medical Centre and a small pharmaceutical research program.

“We have built this to five inpatient and 26 ambulatory care services and have co-developed these services with our partners and patient groups to increase services overall by 800%,” said Professor Teede.

Monash Diabetes now provide approximately 40,000 episodes of care per year from Monash Link in the community Health setting to Koo Wee Rup in a regional hospital setting.

While rapidly expanding their services to patients, Professor Teede and her team have also developed an internationally recognised and competitively funded research program within MCHRI, and the team has a significant national and international leadership profile.

“We remain one of the only operationally integrated interdisciplinary units in the country with no staff working in silos.” said Lorraine Marom, Monash Diabetes Nurse Practitioner.

The Monash Diabetes team would like to acknowledge the support of Monash Health, Monash University and Monash Partners over this time.