Lynfa Edwards and Alethea Foster discuss the complexities of wound management in the diabetic foot and give a joint community nursing podiatric perspective on multidisciplinary care.
Debbie Hicks discusses the need for patients to receive appropriate diabetes education as a means of empowering them and helping them to deal with living with a chronic disorder.
Christa Waller and Maggie Walker describe a case study whereby larval therapy was implemented in an attempt to avoid amputation of an infected diabetic foot.
Dorothy Sneddon discusses the qualities needed to be a successful continence advisor.
Sue Fensom urges district nurses to stand up for their rights and prevent further erosion of their unique role.
Rosemary Pudner discusses the impact that changes in the delivery of wound care have had on nurses working in the community.
