National Diabetes Foot Care Audit Report 2014-2015
The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit (NDFA), a new national clinical audit, presents initial findings about the treatment and outcomes of more than 5,000 patients presenting with a diabetic foot ulcer in England and Wales between July 2014 and April 2015.
The main findings, of those patients who had a 12 week ulcer status recorded, were as follows:
- Of the 2029 patients seen within two weeks or less, 50 per cent (1,010) were ulcer-free 12 weeks on from assessment.
- Of the 911 patients seen between two weeks and two months, 43 per cent (394) were ulcer free 12 weeks on from assessment.
- Of the 359 patients seen after more than two months, 34 per cent (123) were ulcer free 12 weeks on from assessment.
The full report can be downloaded below: