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Hot topics covered at EDFN’s national conference
Lower limb care took centre stage as the EDFN held its second national conference, with delegates hearing from a host of experts in diabetic footcare. The online conference saw specialists share best ...
Learning from claims: Forum to explore themes of lower limb clinical negligence claims
An upcoming forum will provide an overview of a report which examines clinical negligence claims involving patients who have diabetes and a lower limb complication. NHS Resolution is due to publish it...
Date unveiled for King’s Charcot Foot Reconstruction Symposium 2022
A prominent diabetic foot clinic has announced the date of its forthcoming annual symposium. The King’s Diabetic Foot Clinic has opened registration for this years’ meeting, which will be held over t...
Role of the podiatrist in amputation prevention under the microscope at EDFN conference
A vascular nurse consultant and consultant diabetologist will explore the value of podiatrists within multidisciplinary teams at this year’s EDFN conference on April 29. Dr Leanne Atkin, from the Mid ...
Latest EDFN podcast delves deeper into award-winning ACT NOW programme
An ambitious programme aimed at dramatically reducing amputations is the focus of the latest EDFN podcast. Jayne Robbie, a Senior Podiatrist at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust...
Speaker session: Implementing NWCSP guidelines into a community podiatry service
Advanced Podiatrist Ruth Woods will share the process of implementing the National Wound Care Strategy Programme’s recommendations for care in a community-based podiatry service at the EDFN’s national...
Conference speaker to cover how health inequalities are being tackled
The factors that lead to health inequalities and what is being done to address them is one of the topics being explored at the EDFN’s upcoming national conference. Speaker Nure Alam, Specialist Podiat...
Psychologist’s pioneering service for people with diabetic foot problems on the agenda at foot conference
One of the first psychologists to work within a multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic and support those facing amputation is one of the expert speakers at the EDFN’s upcoming national conferenc...
Conference speaker to examine impact of ICS on pathways of care for foot ulcer
Changes to integrated care and the impact on pathways of care for people with foot ulcer will be under the spotlight at the EDFN National Conference. David Thorne, Director of NHS Insight and Interact...