Ulcer

Telemedicine is ‘non-inferior’ to standard of care in reducing healing time in foot ulcer in diabetes

Meta-analysis has revealed similar outcomes in reducing foot ulcer healing times when telemedicine is used, compared to standard care. Six studies were included in the meta-analysis, involving 1,876 p...

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 Chair of the English Diabetes Footcare Ne...

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 and Wales. In an editorial published in...