Care model could reduce diabetes amputations by a third

A new model of care for the management of type-2 diabetes by GPs and practise nurses will reduce amputations by a third.

The author of the new guidelines launched yesterday, Dr Velma Harkins, said proper diabetes management and foot care helped to prevent complications that could result in amputation.

Dr Harkins said in the past, the care of diabetes was unstructured and sometimes delivered in an opportunistic manner.