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Archives for March 2012

Diabetes Updates

Diabetes updates written by Professor Steve Bain Diabetologist and Dr. Mark Freeman Diabetologist.


Foot care

March 10th 2012

The management of diabetic foot disease has recently come to attention following the publication in Diabetologia of evidence of variation in amputation rates across PCTs in England. Compared to the general population, patients with diabetes are 20x more likely to require lower limb amputation, costing the NHS £120m annually. 80% of these are thought to be avoidable. Following on from this, the recent National Diabetes in patient audit has once again highlighted the importance of foot care. Whilst only 9.5% of patients with diabetes are admitted as a result of their diabetes, 47% of this group were admitted with active foot disease. It is likely that this group of patients contribute significantly to the increased length of stay seen in diabetic patients. For other diabetic patients, only 22.4% of patients had a documented foot examination within 24 hours of admission.

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