Diabetic Foot Ulcers

 

WUWHS published a Position Document, published by Wounds International in 2016 entitled the Local Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers. A copy is available here.

A link to the 2016 Congress website is available here, with the next Congress due to take place in 2020.

NICE Guidance

Nice published a guideline on the management of the diabetic foot in August 2015. 

This guideline covers preventing and managing foot problems in children, young people and adults with diabetes. The guideline aims to reduce variation in practice.

In January 2016, recommendation 1.3.6 was updated to clarify the risk factors for and stratification of risk of developing a diabetic foot problem.

Click here for a copy.  The link to the NICE website is here.

Foot in Diabetes UK

In June 2014 FDUK published a document on the Principles of Debridement: The Diabetic Foot. You can access a copy here. The link to the FDUK website, which has many useful resources is here.



 

Diabetes UK

Diabetes UK provide a wealth of resources for patients living with diabetes, as well as healthcare professionals. You can access their website here.














 

Wounds International

Wounds International have published Best Practice Guidelines: Wound Management in Diabetic Foot Ulcers in 2013. A copy is available here. More information is available from the Wounds International website.

IWGDF

The International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot was founded in 1996, to provide a consensus on guidance.

In 2015, they issued Guidance on the use of interventions to enhance the healing of chronic ulcers of the foot in Diabetes. 

More information is available from their website.