St Vincent's Diabetes Service recognised as a Centre for Excellence You are here:HomeNewsroomNews St Vincent's Diabetes Service recognised as a Centre for Excellence 02 Aug 2023 The St Vincent’s Diabetes Service has received a National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC) Centre of Excellence Award for the second consecutive time – a testament to the clinical, research, advocacy and leadership work they undertake to improve the lives of people living with diabetes. NADC accreditation is awarded for a period of four years. It is only awarded following robust assessment and measures against national standards in diabetes care. Natalie Wischer OAM, CEO of NADC spoke of St Vincent’s Diabetes Services as "providing exceptional healthcare services" and an “unwavering commitment to excellence in diabetes care". She added that "We are certainly honoured to have St Vincent's Sydney as an esteemed NADC Diabetes Centre of Excellence”. The Assessors were impressed by the Service’s training programs, outreach programs, nursing orientation, ‘Diabetes Tip of the Week', the diabetes Foot Interest Group, the mentoring program (First Nations), their national contribution, partnerships with LHDs and their Quality Improvement program." Professor Jerry Greenfield, Head of St Vincent’s Diabetes and Endocrinology stated, “We are very proud to be have received this award, which recognises the excellence in patient care provided by all of the individual members of the Diabetes Service, including our doctors, diabetes educators, dieticians, podiatrists, pharmacists and support staff. We are honoured and delighted to have achieved this status, which has been awarded to only a handful of Diabetes Services around the country”.