There’s a whole host of resources such as films, leaflets, clinical evidence and publications that have been carefully curated by our experts to help support you – whether you’re a healthcare professional, patient, career, friend or family member.
Date: June 2024
Published by: Diabetes Africa Ltd
Authors: Zulfiqarali Abbas, Bernadette Adeyileka-Tracz, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Chris Manu, Joan St John
Access: Open
Condition: Diabetic Foot
It is designed to provide essential information as well as quick tips to improve foot care for people with dark skin tone living with diabetes.
Co-authors and reviewers represent diverse professional backgrounds, including primary and community care, secondary, and tertiary care. They are subjectmatter experts in diabetes, tissue viability, and podiatry, among others.
Mölnlycke provided the financial support to enable this collaboration. Images were sourced from contributors and specialists from around the world. Their support is acknowledgedwith thanks.
Diabetes Africa conceptualised the handbook and coordinated the project until its completion.
In addition to their contribution as authors, Chris Manu, Luxmi Dhoonmoon, Joan St John and Zulfiqarali Abbas provided advice and guidance throughout the development phases of the project
This report also benefited from the in-depth reviews and comments of other passionate experts.
The editors are grateful to all for their time, and invaluable contribution in the development of this handbook.
Date: May 2024
Published by: The BLS
Authors: Rebecca Elwell, Macmillan Lymphoedema Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Team Leader at UHNM
Access: Open
Condition: Lymphoedema & Cellulitis
Inflammatory or cellulitis skin colour changes may differ in presentation depending on skin tones. It is vital that clinicians are familiar with skin tone and texture changes to ensure accurate diagnosis and care (Wounds UK, 2021).
Date: January, 2024
Published by: NICE
Condition: Sepsis
This guideline covers the recognition, diagnosis and early management of suspected sepsis. It includes recommendations on recognition and early assessment, initial treatment, escalating care, finding and controlling the source of infection, early monitoring, information and support, and training and education.
Date: October, 2023
Published by: NHS England
Authors: Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication and NHS England
Access: Open
Condition: Varicose Veins
This leaflet will help you decide about treatments for varicose veins. You could use it to prepare for your next appointment. There are pages you can fill in and pages explaining about treatments.
Date: June 2023
Authors: All-party parliamentary group on Vascular and Venous Disease
Condition: Venous Disease
Approximately, over 500,000 people live with a form of venous leg ulceration in the UK, a number that has doubled in the past 10 years, with estimated healthcare costs associated with these wounds reaching £2.7 billion annually.
Date: 2023
Published by: Vascular Research UK
Condition: Arterial Disease
The video aims to raise awareness of arterial disease and to encourage people to seek help early if they develop symptoms.
Date: Monday 12 June 2023
Published by: Legs Matter
Authors: Alison Hopkins, Leanne Atkin, Naseer Ahmed, Manj Gohel, Zoe Larmour and Crystal Oldman
Access: Open
Condition: Leg Ulcers
The event is chaired by Alison Hopkins MBE RN and, with leading experts drawn from the worlds of community nursing, vascular surgery, and the patient community, it’s a lively and fascinating debate.
The focus of the panel is on the hidden harm crisis in leg ulcer management and the inadequate use of evidenced based compression therapy in the community. Around 50% of wound care activity every week is focussed on lower leg wounds within community nursing teams; this is less where there is an established leg ulcer service and a lymphoedema service.
If this was used in primary care, so much harm and distress could be prevented. A consistent and supported approach to using informed and well-documented evidence and guidance would create a step change in community care, reducing healthcare costs and improving the working lives of nurses and the well-being of patients. Healing rates would be starkly different and stop us using the phrase of chronic leg ulcers.
Date: June, 2023
Published by: Legs Matter Coalition
Access: Open – free to use
Knowing what questions to ask your GP or other healthcare professional can help you make sure that you, or someone you care for, gets the right treatment for a leg or foot condition. Here are some questions that everyone who has a leg or foot condition should ask their GP or healthcare professional.
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