Hospital acquired foot ulcers reduced by 50 per cent since diabetes inpatient audit launched

Hospital acquired foot ulcers reduced by 50 per cent since diabetes inpatient audit launched Only 1.1 per cent of inpatients with diabetes developed a new foot lesion during their admission to hospital, a significant decrease from 2.2 per cent when inpatient auditing began in 2010.

However, more than two thirds (67.0 per cent) of inpatients included in the 2015 audit did not have a specific diabetic foot risk examination during their hospital stay and 31 per cent of hospital sites still do not have a multi-disciplinary diabetic foot care team, despite being highlighted as important in each audit round. Addressing these could further impact on this devastating and costly preventable complication. NHS Digital (Health & Social Care Information Centre)