About the Diabetic Foot Screening - Interactive Assessment programme
The assessment will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and was developed to provide an interactive online assessment tool. A complementary elearning programme is also available.
The target group of healthcare professionals includes Primary Care practice nurses and healthcare assistants. The programme provides a comprehensive assessment tool for all healthcare professionals who care for people with diabetes.
Given the variation in diabetes footcare across the country, the elearning programme will contribute to reducing the variation in amputation rates and improve practice in screening and assessment. This will lead to prompt and appropriate referral to the diabetes specialist foot services resulting in reduced length of hospital stay and amputation rates.
The assessment was developed in partnership between Health Education England elearning for healthcare (HEE elfh) and Sussex and East Surrey Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP). The tool is also supported by the South East Clinical Network and The British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO). It will be rolled out as part of a National Diabetes Treatment and Care Programme across the Sussex and East Surrey STP and beyond.
Meet the team
Laura Dallison
Sussex East Surrey STP Project Manager Multi-Disciplinary Foot Care Team
Mika Dave
Diabetes Lead Podiatrist, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Elaine Tate
Podiatry Clinical and Operational Lead, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Alistair McInnes
Independent Support, South East Clinical Network, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Christian Pankhurst
Clinical Specialist Orthotist, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Clair Guy
Project Manager, HEE elearning for healthcare
How to access
In order to access the Diabetic Foot Screening – Interactive Assessment programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.
To view the Diabetic Foot Screening – Interactive Assessment programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.
NHS healthcare staff in England
The Diabetic Foot Screening – Interactive Assessment programme is also available to NHS healthcare staff via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). Accessing this elearning via ESR means that your completions will transfer with you throughout your NHS career.
Further details are available here.
Not an NHS organisation?
If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access elfh Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.
To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.
Registering large numbers of users
If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Diabetic Foot Screening – Interactive Assessment programme, please contact elfh directly.
Organisations wishing to use their own LMS
For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.
More information
Please select the following link for more information on how to use the elfh Hub.