Month: August 2020

COVID-19 led to surge in diabetic foot amputations in Italy

The COVID-19 lockdown had a “detrimental impact” on diabetic foot ulceration (DFUs) in Italy, according to researchers there. A newly published study has shown that amputation rates significantly incr...

NDFA report publishes footcare case studies

The aims, interventions tested, lessons learnt, results and conclusions of the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit (NDFA) Quality Improvement Collaborative have been published in a new report.  In 2018 ...