What is FDUK?
Foot in Diabetes UK (FDUK) is a multi-disciplinary organisation, for professionals, committed to leading and supporting high quality health care to improve outcomes for people with diabetes related foot disease
Please note that, for legal reasons, the FDUK website does not offer advice to members of the public on diabetic foot disease or foot care.
Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist Database
Wed, 04/27/2011 - 10:34 — adminFDUK needs your help to identify Diabetes Specialist Podiatrists working in the UK
Following the recent Diabetes Specialist Podiatrist Workforce Survey, which relied to a great extent on engagement with FDUK members, it has become apparent that we do not have a database of diabetes specialist podiatrists across the uk. The recent Transformation of community services (across largely England) has meant that many existing e- mail contact details have changed.
In an attempt to define such a database, we are updating our current membership details
Global consensus demands better diabetic foot health management
A global consensus has been published in Diabetic Medicine which aims to help people with diabetes who are presently at low-risk of foot complications to undertake a basic foot care regimen in order to reduce their likelihood of developing serious foot complications in the future. The consensus was developed by ten global thought leaders to provide a practical educational framework for all healthcare professionals managing patients with diabetes.
A copy of the consensus paper can be downloaded below (scroll down)
A "NICE" day in London - report by Martin Fox
Attending a NICE stakeholder workshop for peripheral arterial disease
NICE - Why Peripheral Arterial Disease?
Toolkit for reducing litigation risk
This tool can be used for reflection, risk review and risk reduction planning, by individual clinicians or teams, working with diabetes patients. It can be completed in 5 – 15 minutes either individually or in a team meeting.
Recommended associated reading: JJ Bending, AVM Foster, Litigation and the diabetic foot, Practical Diabetes Int. 2004; 21(1): 19–23
The toolkit is attached below.
FDUK Membership numbers now more than 1700
25 Nov 2011
FDUK now has more than 1700 members from various countries around the globe including the UK, Australia, France, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, India and more.
Members include Podiatrists, Diabetes Specialist Nurses, Doctors, Orthotists, Microbiologists, Podiatry Students and Lecturers, Student Nurses and many more professions.
FDUK Forum
The FDUK Forum is for all members to use for discussion and reading. It includes access to shared guidelines on good practice related to the foot in diabetes, from around the UK. The Forum is very active with a variety of topics about the diabetic foot including: Pressure relief, wound healing, antibiotics, orthotics, debridement, unusual cases, chat etc.
