South West footcare initiative scoops top NHS award

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A diabetes footcare initiative in Exeter has won a top NHS award for lowering amputation rates below the national average.

The Integrated Diabetic Footcare Faculty (IDFF), which was set up in 2012, scooped the NHS Health Education England Innovation Champion Star Award in March.

Sarah Clauson, who is a complex care and rheumatology podiatrist at the Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust, said: “The reason given at the award ceremony was that we are a voluntary organisation who’s is thought to have contributed to lowering the amputation rate in East Devon from 1.4 in 2012 to 0.6 in 2017, which is lower than the national average of 0.8.”

http://diabetestimes.co.uk/south-west-footcare-initiative-scoops-top-nhs-award/
 
A voluntary team. How depressing that is, despite their brilliant work, properly rewarded. I suspect that is the gold standard, but I can't see it expanded nationwide.
 
mikeyB said:
A voluntary team. How depressing that is, despite their brilliant work, properly rewarded. I suspect that is the gold standard, but I can't see it expanded nationwide.
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No i suspect your right.
 
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