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Diabetes and Podiatry - need priority ?

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Cameron, Feb 28, 2015.

  1. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

  2. Elizabeth Humble-Thomas

    Elizabeth Humble-Thomas Active Member

    I have found the complete blocking of the NHS podiatry service by routine diabetic patients for years a complete anomaly.
    As long as a low risk diabetic patient checks their own feet daily, there is no need for a podiatrist. Indeed, there is an element of handing over responsibility for foot health to an occasional visit to a podiatrist, instead of the patient being responsible for their own feet.
    I am a private practitioner, and I think it is appalling that non-diabetics with foot problems have no chance of NHS treatment.
     
  3. Doogle

    Doogle Active Member

    Nonsense. Good diabetic control is the mainstay for the tick box exercise for discharge in the NHS: "Just `cos you is diabetic, don`t mean you get free shuropudy". Patients seen in NHS are high risk, not just thjose with DM, Liz.
     
  4. Elizabeth Humble-Thomas

    Elizabeth Humble-Thomas Active Member

    Sorry, Doogle, but that's how it is in my area health authority -they are criminally overworked/understaffed. Liz
     
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