Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
EVERY year 11 people in Southampton face the devastating news that they will be forced to lose a leg as a result of their diabetes.
Experts are warning that many more diabetics could suffer the same fate after latest figures revealed that diabetic foot care in the city falls below an already poor national average.
Now two Southampton experts are on a mission to drive up standards across the south and lead a taskforce that aims to see the number of amputations halved within the next five years.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/963...betes_amputation_danger_after_losing_her_leg/
Experts are warning that many more diabetics could suffer the same fate after latest figures revealed that diabetic foot care in the city falls below an already poor national average.
Now two Southampton experts are on a mission to drive up standards across the south and lead a taskforce that aims to see the number of amputations halved within the next five years.
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/963...betes_amputation_danger_after_losing_her_leg/