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Foot disease cases surge as people fear hospitals during COVID-19

Healthcare professionals have reported a worrying surge in cases of people presenting with advanced foot disease at hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. At l...

Network releases footcare clinical strategy for second wave

A clinical strategy for service management of footcare during the second wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic has been set out by the English Diabetes Footcare Network...

Footcare experts promote self-management in webinar

The importance of foot assessments and good self-management dominated a recent webinar held by the English Diabetes Footcare Network (EDFN) which is now freely ...

GIRFT report urges hospitals to introduce multi-disciplinary footcare services

Hospitals are being urged to introduce specialist multi-disciplinary footcare services (MDFS), in a bid to reduce ulceration and amputation rates. The Diabetes...

Avoiding foot complications webinar set to take place

People with diabetes and healthcare professionals have the opportunity to attend a webinar about avoiding diabetes-related foot complications. ‘How to avoid foo...

Network Chair encourages progress measurement among footcare teams

All diabetes wound care services must “self-benchmark” their work so they can measure progress, learn from outcomes and continuously look to improve care, the C...

All footcare teams urged to take part in national audit

Diabetic footcare teams are being urged to “record and measure” clinical outcomes as part of the National Diabetes Foot Care Audit (NDFA) of England...

National Diabetes Footcare Audit meeting announced

A South East Diabetes Foot Network Teams Meeting has been set up to discuss the National Diabetes Footcare Audit. The online event, which will feature Professor...

Commissioning toolkit launches to improve diabetic footcare

Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) are being urged to make diabetic footcare a major priority across England. The College of Podiatry has published a commis...

The EDFN is a group of diabetes foot champions who established a network across England to improve outcomes for people with diabetes.

If you are involved in diabetes footcare, join our network and become part of a new community dedicated to improving care and reducing amputations.