About this event

  • Date and time Thu 6 Jul 2023 from 12:30pm to 5:30pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Vascular, Lipid and Metabolic Medicine Section

Join us for an important meeting to update clinicians on the most recent understanding, advances and good practice in the management, care and prevention of diabetic foot disease.

The meeting will consist of a series of talks delivered by a panel of experts. They will cover clinically important topics in diabetic foot management, including the prevention of foot ulceration and management of infection.

Attendees will receive an update on:

  • Current best practice in diabetic foot disease
  • How to provide optimal care by using a multidisciplinary approach
  • The most recent advances in management

 

Book to attend this event in person or virtually. To view the rates and agenda, please select your preference below. 

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We would like to thank our sponsor Biocomposites for their support of this meeting. Please note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsor.

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Tickets (In Person)

Standard pricing available until 05 July 2023.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£58.00 £34.00 £34.00 £34.00 £18.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Student
£106.00 £63.00 £63.00 £33.00

Tickets (Virtual)

Standard pricing available until 05 July 2023.

Member

RSM Fellow RSM Associate RSM Retired Fellow RSM Trainee RSM Student
£44.00 £26.00 £26.00 £26.00 £14.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Student
£80.00 £47.00 £47.00 £25.00

Agenda

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Registration and lunch

Pre-registration required before lunch

Welcome and introduction

Session 1

Update from the national diabetes foot care audit

Speaker to be confirmed

Designing a regional diabetic foot service: A podiatry perspective

Ms Jane Arkle, Advanced Vascular Podiatrist, Freeman Hospital

Vascular assessment in the diabetic foot: How to do it well

Professor David Russell, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary 

Emergency diabetic foot surgery for infection: Principles and pitfalls

Speaker to be confirmed

Panel discussion

Session 2

Update: The surgical approach to the diabetic foot

Mr Sultan Qasim, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

New evidence based therapies in diabetic foot care

Professor Andrew Boulton, President, International Diabetes Federation and Consultant Physician, Manchester Royal Infirmary 

Heel ulcer +/- calcaneal osteomyelitis

Speaker to be confirmed 

Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break

Session 3

How can we help the patient to help themselves?

Speaker to be confirmed

Preventing amputations in diabetes

Professor Michael Edmonds, Consultant Diabetologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

New and emerging therapies for lipid lowering in diabetic foot patients

Dr Ahai Luvai, Consultant Microbiologist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Choice of antibiotics in the diabetic foot

Speaker to be confirmed

Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
View the programme

Welcome and introduction

Session 1

Update from the national diabetes foot care audit

Speaker to be confirmed

Designing a regional diabetic foot service: A podiatry perspective

Ms Jane Arkle, Advanced Vascular Podiatrist, Freeman Hospital

Vascular assessment in the diabetic foot: How to do it well

Professor David Russell, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary 

Emergency diabetic foot surgery for infection: Principles and pitfalls

Speaker to be confirmed

Panel discussion

Session 2

Update: The surgical approach to the diabetic foot

Mr Sultan Qasim, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

New evidence based therapies in diabetic foot care

Professor Andrew Boulton, President, International Diabetes Federation and Consultant Physician, Manchester Royal Infirmary

Heel ulcer +/- calcaneal osteomyelitis

Speaker to be confirmed 

Panel discussion
Comfort break

Session 3

How can we help the patient to help themselves?

Speaker to be confirmed

Preventing amputations in diabetes

Professor Michael Edmonds, Consultant Diabetologist, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

New and emerging therapies for lipid lowering in diabetic foot patients

Dr Ahai Luvai, Consultant Microbiologist, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Choice of antibiotics in the diabetic foot

Speaker to be confirmed

Panel discussion
Closing remarks
Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 5 July 2023. Late registrations will not be accepted. 

The agenda is subject to change at any time.

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenters and RSM's discretion. 

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations. 

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels. 

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