Diabetes UK is campaigning to raise awareness of the complications of diabetes, including foot problems and amputations; to improve foot care services for people with diabetes, and to raise awareness of the services people should receive.
National Minimum Skills Framework for the commissioning of footcare services for people with diabetes
This skills framework aims to help local service providers to deliver high quality footcare services for people with diabetes. The Association of British Clinical Diabetologists, Diabetes UK, Foot in Diabetes UK, NHS Diabetes, The Primary Care Diabetes and Society and The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists have worked in partnership to deliver this document.
DownloadNational Minimum Skills Framework for the commissioning of footcare services for people with diabetes(PDF, 331KB).
Putting Feet First: Commissioning a care pathway for footcare services for people with diabetes
Putting Feet First: Commissioning a care pathway for footcare services for people with diabetes further builds on the Putting Feet First documents of 2009 and 2011. The information is for commissioners and those responsible for planning healthcare.
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