Diabetic Foot Clinic Review

Airedale NHS Trust requested help from the Lean Healthcare Academy to review and improve their Diabetic Foot Clinic. Foot ulceration, foot infection, foot and limb amputation and some forms of deformity are major forms of disability arising from types 1 and 2 diabetes. In the UK every year 5,000 people with diabetes have an amputation, meaning people with diabetes are 15% more likely to have an amputation than those without. Airedale runs a twice weekly foot clinic serving the local community.