Introduction

And this is where we can all make a difference.
 
Thank you for reading the article “Why are some patients failing to engage with foot services?”. Please take the time to reflect on it. It is designed to make you think, and it may have made you feel uncomfortable. You may recognise the situation described, and you may think of certain patients in your care.
 
We would like to hear your thoughts and ideas on why some people do not engage with foot services earlier, and require more frequent hospital admissions and/or amputations.

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* 1. Why do you think some patients fail to engage with foot services?

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* 2. What have you tried regarding increasing engagement with patients, reducing non-attendance and increasing concordance?

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* 3. What has worked successfully?

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* 4. Where do you think we, as foot protection teams, can make the biggest impact to saving patients’ lives?

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* 5. What are we missing – what are the challenges we need to overcome?

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* 6. What should we do?

Closing statement

This is not only about reducing amputations, but it is also about saving lives. Surely that is the best outcome of all for people with diabetes?

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