Nicola Birchmore, BSc Children’s Nursing, has been a diabetes specialist nurse for the last 18 months. Having graduated from University of West London in 2014, Nicola starting her career in paediatric children’s nursing at St Peters Hospital in Chertsey, working between the general children’s ward and paediatric A&E before beginning work as the diabetes link nurse. She then commenced working within the paediatric diabetes team at St Peters Hospital before moving to her current post at UCLH. Nicola has always been passionate about working within the field of paediatric diabetes having been diagnosed with type 1 at the age of 10. Due to her experiences of dealing with her condition and a less than happy relationship with her diabetic team, Nicola was determined to make other young people’s experiences with health care professionals more positive. She particularly enjoys working with young people with diabetes in collaboration with the psychology team to provide support and education to young people and their families/friends.
