Diabetes Foot Service

Clinic Name	Diabetes Foot Service
Coordinator	Casie Barrette
Clinic Description	The Western Hospital (Footscray) Diabetes Foot Service (DFS) provides high-risk assessment and management to patients with diabetes-related foot complications in the Western Region.
Referral guidelines	Click here for specific access and referral criteria and requirements. Please note referrals that do not contain the minimum investigations outlined above will be returned with a request for more information. Referrers have 30 days to respond to a request for more information otherwise the referral will not be accepted.
Exclusion criteria	Patients with a foot wound but without a diagnosis of Diabetes Referrals for routine diabetic foot checks Patients with resolving ulcerations Patients requiring footwear and/or orthotics not related to an active foot wound Patients in residential aged care facilities (if required refer to relevant medical/surgical Western Health outpatient clinic)
Red flags – Refer directly to ED if:	Septic patient or acutely unwell patient due to foot infection Critical lower limb ischemia with necrosis, pain or ulceration Suspected acute limb ischaemia Rapidly deteriorating ulceration/necrosis
Contact for referral queries	Please contact the DFS on 8345 6922 or the DFS Coordinator on 0466 48 77 27 if you would like to discuss a referral.