Diabetes: Podiatry

(asked on 28th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 129469, what assessment he has made of the level of variation in practice since the publication of the NICE guideline of August 2015, Diabetic foot problems: prevention and management.


Answered by
Steve Brine Portrait
Steve Brine
This question was answered on 17th April 2018

The Clinical Audit and Registries Management Service at NHS Digital publishes the following information relating to variations in practice in diabetic foot care:

- The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit is a continuous audit of diabetic foot disease in England and Wales and is available at the following link:

https://www.digital.nhs.uk/footcare

- The National Diabetes Inpatient Audit is a snapshot audit of diabetes inpatient care in England and Wales and is available at the following link:

https://www.digital.nhs.uk/diabetesinpatientaudit

- The core National Diabetes Audit measures the effectiveness of diabetes healthcare against the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Clinical Guidelines and NICE Quality Standards, in England and Wales. The audit is available at the following link:

https://www.digital.nhs.uk/nda

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