Type 2 diabetes - footcare

Summary

The NICE clinical guideline on type 2 diabetes – footcare makes recommendations about:

• educating people with type 2 diabetes and carers about foot problems
• what is meant by being ‘at risk’ of foot problems and how people at risk are identified
• prevention of foot problems
• detection of foot problems
• care for people with type 2 diabetes who have foot problems

The NICE guideline does not cover the care of people with foot problems who do not have type2 diabetes, nor does it cover surgical procedures such as amputation or rehabilitation after amputation.

Documents

For healthcare professionals

• CG10 Type 2 diabetes - footcare: NICE guideline

For patients, carers and the public

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Background information

• 2004/004 NICE issues clinical guideline on type 2 diabetes - prevention and management of foot problems

Implementing this guidance

Any further information NICE has produced to help the NHS implement this guideline locally is linked to below:

• None found