Paula Johnston is the lead adult inpatient diabetes specialist nurse at the University Hospital Southampton (UHS), where she has been working within diabetes for the past 14 years. She is also currently working as a GIRFT associate in Diabetes and Endocrinology.
She is a non-medical prescriber and has completed her Masters in diabetes. She is the genetic diabetes (MODY) lead at UHS. Paula has had several articles published and she also teaches on the Diabetes MSC and non-medical prescribing modules at Southampton University. She is the chair of the DISN UK group, member of the TREND committee and also a DSN forum associate.