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<p>Evidence suggests that multidisciplinary footcare teams (MDFTs) play a major role
in a good diabetes footcare pathway and can significantly reduce amputations and subsequently
the financial burden of diabetic foot disease.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan includes
a commitment to “ensure that all hospitals in future provide access to MDFTs and diabetes
inpatient specialist nursing teams to improve recovery and to reduce lengths of stay
and future readmission rates”.</p><p>Since April 2017 NHS England has made £26 million
available through the diabetes transformation funding to put in place 41 new or expanded
MDFTs, reducing the risk of people with ulcers or other diabetes foot disease from
having an amputation.</p>
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