Diabetic Foot Care in Canary Wharf, London

Seek same-day help — contact your GP or diabetes foot service, or call NHS 111 — for any new ulcer, a wound that will not heal, spreading redness, swelling, pus or a foul smell, or a foot that turns hot, red and swollen. Go to A&E if you feel feverish or a foot or toe turns blue, black or cold. NICE NG19 treats these as emergencies.

Because reduced sensation and circulation make self-treatment dangerous. Over-the-counter acid corn plasters can burn the skin and cause ulcers, and cutting or filing hard skin or nails yourself can break the skin and let infection in without you feeling it. NICE advises people with diabetes to have foot care done by a professional — let our podiatrists manage it safely.

NICE NG19 recommends a foot check at least once a year for everyone with diabetes, assessing circulation, sensation and skin, and giving you a risk category. If you are at moderate or high risk — for example with neuropathy, poor circulation, foot deformity or a previous ulcer — you should be reviewed more frequently, and we will agree a schedule with you.

We take your history and examine both feet: a vascular screen of your foot pulses (using a Doppler if pulses are hard to feel), a neurological screen of protective sensation with a monofilament, and a check of skin, nails, pressure areas and footwear. We then explain your foot-risk level, provide any safe treatment needed, and set out how to look after your feet day to day.

Yes — this is exactly what we are here for. Our HCPC-registered podiatrists provide safe, sterile nail and skin care and manage corns and calluses without breaking the skin, which is the recommended alternative to doing it yourself. We also check your feet at each visit and flag anything that needs your GP or a specialist diabetes foot service.