Issue - meetings

Report from NHS Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group informing the Panel of plans to implement a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) compliant Foot Care Pathway, attached.

The Panel considered the report from NHS Southampton City Clinical Commissioning Group (SCCCG) informing the Panel of plans to implement a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) compliant Foot Care Pathway.  This provided an outline of the priority area “foot care” and described the case for change and the new model of service delivery.

In addition to representatives from the SCCCG, the Panel heard from the Head of Podiatry at NHS Solent and a Consultant in Diabetes at University Hospital Southampton.

The Panel noted that education and prevention messages were key and that whilst rates for major amputations in the City were similar to the national average, those for minor amputations were significantly higher.

RESOLVED

(i)  The Panel recommended that the NICE compliant foot care pathway be implemented as soon as possible;

(ii)  that the implementation of the foot care pathway be considered at a future meeting of the Panel; and

(iii)  that information be circulated to the Panel regarding national and local plans and campaigns being delivered to raise awareness of diabetes and the health risks associated with it.