In 2017, we released the 2018-2022 National Strategy for diabetes-related foot disease with the aim to ensure that all people living with DFD have access to and receive safe quality evidence-based care when and where they need it, and that they can be assured that future investments in research and development will continue to strive to improve their care delivery and health outcomes over time.
With the current national strategy at its conclusion, we're now busy reviewing what we have achieved as a nation over the last five years, and to determine the new priorities and recommendations to help lead the nation in tackling DFD over the next five years in the next national strategy for diabetes-related foot disease. We'll be releasing the draft of the new strategy for public consultation in 2024, where you can have your say in helping to guide our national DFD priorities.
Learn from global DFD experts as we tackle the latest in DFD clinical practice and research!
In 2021, we asked Australian stakeholders to help us determine the national Top 10 diabetes-related foot health and disease research priorities, and the findings from this study identified national stakeholder-agreed priority research questions for DFD for the first time. In our 2023 DFA webinar series, we've been tackling the top categories identified in the National Top 10 research questions from a research and clinical perspective. All six insightful and future focused webinars are now available to watch on demand. Once you have registered and logged in - head over to the 'On Demand' tab.
Introducing The Digital DFD Guidelines Platform
Diabetes-related foot disease is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and healthcare cost burdens in Australia. Studies show these burdens can be considerably reduced when implementing guideline-based DFD care.
Last year, we developed and released new Australian DFD Guidelines for the first time in a decade, giving health professionals multidisciplinary best practice standards of care for the provision of DFD care within Australia with the PDF paper versions of the guidelines available to download below.
We are excited to now release the digital and interactive platform of the 2021 Australian guidelines for diabetes-related foot disease. A free one-stop-shop for accessing the full six guidelines that also provides ten digital decision-making pathways to assist busy health professionals to easily access online and interactive evidence-based guideline information at a touch or click of a button!
Introducing The Digital DFD Guidelines Platform
Diabetes-related foot disease is a leading cause of morbidity, mortality and healthcare cost burdens in Australia. Studies show these burdens can be considerably reduced when implementing guideline-based DFD care.
Last year, we developed and released new Australian DFD Guidelines for the first time in a decade, giving health professionals multidisciplinary best practice standards of care for the provision of DFD care within Australia with the PDF paper versions of the guidelines available to download below.
We are excited to now release the digital and interactive platform of the 2021 Australian guidelines for diabetes-related foot disease. A free one-stop-shop for accessing the full six guidelines that also provides ten digital decision-making pathways to assist busy health professionals to easily access online and interactive evidence-based guideline information at a touch or click of a button!
Our feet focus
We bring together some of the globe’s most renowned researchers and clinicians in the fields of diabetes and diabetes-related foot disease to cover the latest research, from bench-top to bedside. From our conference to our 'What's New in DFU' events, we focus on the latest research, evidence-based practice and new technologies.
Published in the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, the 2018 Australian Guidelines on footwear for people with diabetes contains 10 key recommendations to guide health professionals in selecting the most appropriate footwear to meet the specific foot risk needs of an individual with diabetes.
New research on diabetes-related foot disease is published on an almost daily basis. We release latest news and research to provide practical clinical summaries of the latest evidence on how to assess particular conditions according to the world’s leading authorities.
The “Australian diabetes-related foot disease strategy 2018-2022” is the first step towards ending avoidable generations within a generation. This strategy was written by Diabetes Feet Australia with input from various national and state peak bodies, interdisciplinary foot disease services and individual experts from the Australian DFD community.
Diabetes Feet Australia has established the Australian Research Repository to showcase published Australian research on diabetes-related foot disease. Each entry in the repository must focus on diabetes-related foot disease, be peer reviewed and have one author with an Australian affiliation.
For people with diabetes, feet are often over-looked as the management of other aspects of diabetes takes higher priority. With over 50,000 Australians living with diabetes-related foot disease every day, we have developed the handy Daily Foot Checklist for people with diabetes to incorporate into their daily lives.
