Publication, Part of National Diabetes Foot Care Audit
National Diabetes Foot Care Audit 2018 to 2023
Audit
National Diabetes Footcare Audit Dashboard is now available
The National Diabetes Footcare Audit Dashboard is now available following the resolution of technical issues.
The latest data from the National Diabetes Foot Audit is available here: National Diabetes Audit dashboards
14 August 2024 00:00 AM
Changes to NDA Reporting
NHS England are currently reviewing the routine production of NDA State of the Nation reports. Please note that data will still be released via dashboards and standalone data files whilst this review is being conducted.
To help inform this review we would be grateful if users can provide feedback on their use of the State of the Nation reports using the feedback survey available in the ‘Related links' section of this page.
3 June 2024 00:00 AM
Introduction
Ulceration of the foot in people living with diabetes presents significant challenges, including emotional, physical and financial costs, and is associated with increased risk of both amputation and death. It affects between 1 and 2% of all people with diabetes each year1,2 and its management accounts for approximately 1% of the total NHS budget3.
Purpose of the Audit
The National Diabetes Foot Care Audit (NDFA) was established in July 2014 as part of the family of audits conducted under the umbrella of the National Diabetes Audit (NDA) of England and Wales.
The overall aim of the NDFA is to measure factors associated with increased risk of ulcer onset and adverse ulcer outcomes, for use by service providers, local commissioners, national policy makers, patients and public stakeholders. It aims to share information relating to best clinical practice, and to enable the highest quality of care of diabetes related foot ulcers in England and Wales.
Data collection
The NDFA invites all services providing specialist care for the management of people with diabetes related foot ulcers to register simple details at the time of presentation of each ulcer episode, as well as details of the outcome 12 weeks later. Data are presented for 2021-22 and 2022-23 for the first time. (See glossary for definitions).
- 25,980 ulcer episodes in 2022-23
- 25,860 ulcer episodes in 2021-22
- 122,030 ulcer episodes between 2018 and 2023
- 22,655 people with diabetes were registered with the Audit in 2022-23
- 22,230 people with diabetes were registered with the Audit in 2021-22
- 106,880 people with diabetes were registered with the Audit between 2018 and 2023
- 217 services submitted data for 2022-23
- 220 services submitted data for 2021-22
- 284 services submitted data for at least 1 audit year between 2018 and 2023
- 140 providers submitted data for 2022-23
- 141 providers submitted data for 2021-22
- 157 providers submitted data for at least 1 audit year between 2018 and 2023
Last edited: 20 August 2024 4:56 pm