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Making the most of the diabetes foot-screening appointment: Think Foot, Think Kidney

How a focus on renal and foot complications could improve diabetes outcomes.

26 Feb 2024

Zero All Preventable (ZAP) amputations: FDUK position statement on “missingness” and reducing major amputations in the acute diabetes foot pathway

The Foot in Diabetes UK Zero All Preventable (ZAP) Amputations group is dedicated to minimising the occurrence of preventable lower limb amputations.

14 Jun 2023

Diabetes and foot disease: Walking not running

Somewhere in the delivery of foot care, we are not translating the results seen in research studies into overall improvement at the population level.

8 Feb 2023

A small prospective population study to assess accuracy of a directed patient self-assessment foot screening tool against current practice during COVID-19

A small pilot study was undertaken to identify if patients could use a self-assessment questionnaire and sensation test

6 Oct 2022

How to assess feet to prevent foot ulceration in people with diabetes

A step-by-step guide to improving foot care for people with diabetes.

2 Jul 2021

A report of 12 months’ of data collected from a diabetic foot clinic at a public hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

This report interprets data gathered from a diabetic foot ulcer clinic in an outpatient department of a public hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

1 Jul 2021

At a glance factsheet: Diabetic Charcot arthropathy

Essential information for recognising and managing this potentially disabling condition.

2 Mar 2021

The only constant in life is change — a case study of new working practices for podiatry and district nursing due to COVID-19

19 Feb 2021

To halve the number of major amputations in people living with diabetes, “ACTNOW”

Reducing major amputations: iDEAL recommendations to improve foot care and education.

18 Nov 2020

EDFN Clinical Strategy for Service Management of Foot Care During ‘Phase 2’ and Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic, September 2020

17 Nov 2020

A podiatric surgery high-risk community foot clinic: surgical and financial outcomes

7 Oct 2020

COVID-19 as a catalyst for change: virtual foot protection

7 Oct 2020

Diabetic foot care: A guide for non-specialists

Being able to identify potential diabetic foot problems and intervene quickly is always better than trying to remedy a problem that has already occurred. This article provides a simple guide to diabetes foot care for non-specialist clinical staff.

18 Aug 2020

Delivering diabetes foot care during the COVID-19 restrictions

Care, education and timely referral: continuing to provide good foot care during lockdown.

11 Aug 2020

Screening developments for the foot in diabetes

30 Jun 2020

Reducing iatrogenic harm in the foot and ankle

27 Mar 2020

Do you refer all newly occurring foot ulcers for specialist assessment within one working day?

Better outcomes: the need for early specialist assessment of foot ulcers.

7 Feb 2020

The cost of diabetic foot disease in England

1 Nov 2019