This petition was submitted during the 2020-2024 Conservative government
Rejected petition Implement mandatory foot checks for diabetic patients before discharge.
In the UK alone, there are over 4 million people diagnosed with diabetes (source: Diabetes UK). That's over 4 million people potentially at risk of unnoticed complications
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Diabetes is known to cause nerve damage and poor blood circulation that can lead to serious foot problems including gangrene (source: NHS).
Yet there are no mandatory checks for such conditions before discharging diabetic patients. We demand that all hospitals across the United Kingdom implement mandatory foot checks for all diabetic patients before discharge. This simple step could prevent unnecessary suffering and potential loss of life due to complications like gangrene.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
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Decisions about patient care are a matter for the NHS and individual clinicians, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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