Patients with diabetes need advice re. foot care, especially if PVD or neuropathy.

Resources, including the national guidance, booklets and videos are available on the Knowledge Network website:

http://www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk/home/portals-and-topics/personal-footcare.aspx

Click here for the diabetic foot risk stratification & triage tool.

Nationally agreed patient information leaflets can be printed from SCI-DC Network: SCI-DC log-in

If pulse is present, there is no need to record more central pulses.

Start with dorsalis pedis and work centrally.