title: A preventable disaster.
abstract: When Ruth Miller looks at the latest figures on diabetes-related foot amputations, she admits that her heart sinks a little. As Poole NHS Foundation Trust's lead diabetes nurse, she knows the devastation the disease can wreak on people's feet. Yet this message does not seem to be getting through.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trueland
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000451:nursing*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing*; D017719:Diabetic Foot / Q000451:nursing* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D013222:State Medicine; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom