Podiatrists: approximately 1.5 FTE per 10,000. Foot care is an essential aspect of all specialist diabetes services, providing the skills, technology and information to prevent and manage complex diabetic foot disease. Ideally, an integrated foot care service should be provided as part of the responsibility of a specialist multidisciplinary team providing primary and secondary prevention, management and treatments meeting national guidelines and standards. Additionally, there should be community podiatry services for care of the low risk foot.
