• Helen is a UK Specialist Diabetes Dietitian, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a member of the British Dietetic Association and Diabetes UK.

• With a keen interest in the human body, health and science, Helen graduated in the year 2000 with a degree (BSc Hons) in Anatomical Sciences from The University of Wales, Cardiff.

• Helen went on to pursue her love of food, health and working with people graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics from Leeds Metropolitan University (2003).

• Helen began working as a dietitian in 2003; specialising in adult diabetes from 2006 to present day. Helen has a wealth of experience in diabetes as well as other metabolic conditions, working with diabetes teams in York and Leeds, both in the hospital and community settings.

•  Specialist skills in behaviour change enabling you to set your own achievable goals that will improve your health and diabetes long-term.

• Seeking the latest evidence, Helen will translate this into her practice, tailoring advice in a realistic and practical way.

• Alongside the UK Diabetes Technology Network (DTN-UK) working group, she has reviewed and updated the Best Practice Guide: Using diabetes technology in pregnancy.

Expertise:

• Type 1 diabetes – skilled with technology such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and insulin pump therapy

• Type 2 diabetes – diet, medication or insulin treated

• Analysis of CGM data

• Gestational diabetes

• Steroid-induced diabetes

• Type 3c (diabetes caused by damage to the pancreas)

• MODY (Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young)

• Pre-diabetes (people at risk of diabetes)

• Weight management

• Symptom management on Incretin Hormone therapy (Mounjaro, Ozempic)

• Exercise management in diabetes

• Hyperlipidaemia and Familial Hyperlipidaemia

• Hypoglycaemia prevention and management

• Reactive Hypoglycaemia

• Food fortification – supporting weight gain

Being a mother, Helen is balancing her family life with working in the NHS and supporting people with diabetes and other metabolic conditions outside of the NHS.

Helen can offer online and telephone consultations nationwide or home visits within the Wetherby, Leeds, Harrogate, York and Wakefield areas only.

To book a consultation or explore how Helen might be able to help you further, here are Helen’s contact details:

Mobile: 07718129957

Email: [email protected]