09 Jul Diabetes-related amputation rate continues to climb
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Newly published figures from the NHS England show that the weekly amputation rate has again climbed to now 169 a week and that they still show huge regional variation. This was as true in 2012 as it is today. In 2012 Diabetes UK launched its ‘Putting Feet First’ campaign but what has happened to that initiative? It seems to have all but disappeared now with a focus on blood glucose control rather than the complications associated with it yet the charity has referred to the ever increasing rate of amputations as...