Imperial Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Service Jonathan Valabhji MD FRCP Consultant Diabetologist, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Adjunct Professor, Imperial College London National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes, NHS England

The Role of the Multidisciplinary Team Edmonds ME, Blundell MP, Morris ME, Thomas EM, Cotton LT, Watkins PJ. Improved survival of the diabetic foot: the role of a specialized foot clinic. Q J Med 1986; 60(232):

St Mary’s Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic Established 2002 Diabetologist Vascular surgeon Podiatrist Orthotist

Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun = Diabetic Podiatry Clinic Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun = Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Clinic Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

St Mary’s Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Clinic 2007 Diabetologist Vascular surgeons Podiatrists Orthotist Microbiologist Radiologist Orthopaedic surgeon Neurologist Diabetes Specialist Nurses

Multidisciplinary Foot Clinic : Charcot Infective Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun = Multidisciplinary clinic : Podiatrist, Diabetologist Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Secondary / Tertiary Care

Community Diabetes Centre Secondary / Tertiary Care Centre Primary Care = Westminster Imperial Diabetes Partnership

Amputation incidence per 10,000 subjects with diabetes in Westminster treated at St Mary’s in financial years compared to J Valabhji. Reducing Amputations at a multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic. The Diabetic Foot Journal

West London Renal and Transplant Centre

Charcot’s neuroarthropathy A disease of bone and joints, characterised by painful or painless bone and joint destruction in limbs that have lost sensory innervation

Tibio-talar calcaneal fusion

Valabhji J, Oliver N, Samarasinghe D, Mali, T, Gibbs RGJ, Gedroyc WMW Conservative management of diabetic forefoot ulceration complicated by underlying osteomyelitis: the benefits of magnetic resonance imaging Diabet Med 2009; 26: Effectiveness of clinical pathway Predominantly outpatient management Reduction in bed occupancy: 1st 3 years: 84% required admission (median length of stay 16 days) 2nd 3 years: 47% required admission (median length of stay 11 days) Avoidance of any form of amputation in 83% of episodes Major amputation in only 1 episode (2%), minor amputation in 8 episodes (15%)

Valabhji J, Oliver N, Samarasinghe D, Mali, T, Gibbs RGJ, Gedroyc WMW Conservative management of diabetic forefoot ulceration complicated by underlying osteomyelitis: the benefits of magnetic resonance imaging Diabet Med 2009; 26: Effectiveness of clinical pathway Predominantly outpatient management Reduction in bed occupancy: 1st 3 years: 84% required admission (median length of stay 16 days) 2nd 3 years: 47% required admission (median length of stay 11 days) Avoidance of any form of amputation in 83% of episodes Major amputation in only 1 episode (2%), minor amputation in 8 episodes (15%)

J Valabhji et al. Diabet Med 2010; 27:1304 – 1307 St Mary’s Multidisciplinary Diabetes Foot Service

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Vascular Surgery Service Reconfiguration and Diabetic Foot Disease Jonathan Valabhji National Clinical Director for Obesity and Diabetes

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Publications W Jeffcoate, N Holman, G Rayman, J Valabhji, B Young. The New National Diabetes Footcare Audit of England and Wales. Diabetic Med In Press. IF: J Valabhji. Foot problems in patients with diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Journal of Renal Care Feb;38 Suppl 1: doi: /j x. J Valabhji J, RC Marshall, S Lyons, L Bloomfield, D Hogg, P Rosenfeld, CM Gabriel. Asymmetrical attenuation of vibration sensation in unilateral diabetic Charcot foot neuroarthropathy. Diabetic Medicine (9): IF: D.C. Patel, C. Albrecht, D. Pavitt, V. Paul, C. Pourreyron, S.P. Newman, I.F. Godsland, J. Valabhji, and D.G. Johnston. Type 2 diabetes is associated with reduced ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 gene expression, protein and function. PLoS One. 2011; 6(7): e IF: J Valabhji. Immunosuppression therapy post-transplantation can be associated with a different clinical phenotype for diabetic charcot foot neuroarthropathy. Diabetes Care e135. IF: R. Fikri, C. Bicknell, L. Bloomfield, S. Lyons, D. Samarasinghe, R.G.J. Gibbs, J. Valabhji. Awaiting auto-amputation: a primary management strategy for digital gangrene in diabetic foot disease. Diabetes Care e134. IF: J Valabhji. Reducing Amputations at a multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic. The Diabetic Foot Journal J Valabhji, RGJ Gibbs, L Bloomfield, S Lyons, D Samarasinghe, P Rosenfeld, CM Gabriel, D Hogg, CD Bicknell. Matching the numerator with an appropriate denominator to demonstrate low amputation incidence associated with a London hospital multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic. Diabetic Medicine IF: Vamos EP, Bottle A, Edmonds ME, Valabhji J, Majeed A, Millett C. Changes in the incidence of lower extremity amputations in individuals with and without diabetes in England between 2004 and Diabetes Care : IF: Thorning C, Gedroyc WMW, Tyler PA, Dick EA, Hui E, Valabhji J. Midfoot and hindfoot bone marrow oedema identified by magnetic resonance imaging in feet of subjects with diabetes and neuropathic ulceration is common but of unknown clinical significance. Diabetes Care IF: J Valabhji, N Oliver, D Samarasinghe, T Mali, RGJ Gibbs, WMW Gedroyc. Conservative management of diabetic forefoot ulceration complicated by underlying osteomyelitis: the benefits of magnetic resonance imaging. Diabetic Medicine 2009; 26: 1127 – IF: MJ Levy, J Valabhji. The diabetic foot. Surgery (1):