Ruth Woods
@ruthewoods
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Foot fixing, likes to laughs at things that no one else does. A bit blonde at times. Likes a challenge, normally out of reach, but will have a good go anyway.
Joined April 2012
Vascular podiatrist, vascular surgeon, physical exercise trainer & Colin .. living well with #PAD.. It’s a cracking lower limb health collaboration 🦵🫀😀 #LivesAndLimbs
#Manchester #NHS
@CirculationFDN
@MCRActive
@RoyColPod
@VSGBI
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Celebrating International Podiatry Day with the release of this video, made with our vascular and exercise partners, promoting supervised exercise as a key aspect of #PAD management in Manchester #LivesAndLimbs
https://t.co/3mDdrMx3UF
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@nas_vascular
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Been calling out the need for this for years. Now we have some evidence to support this - well done @nas_vascular and team
It's out! Our paper describing the 46% reduction in lower limb amputations. It's taken 6 years of hard work from so many people to make this happen. Thank you to everyone involved. The work is now being scaled up! https://t.co/oF5QF3TDsP
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Listen from 18.25 to Dermatology expert podiatrist Dr Ivan Bristow providing advice on verrucae treatments https://t.co/ShVCYM27Fy
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Are you involved in diagnosis of diabetic foot osteomyelitis in a UK DFU MDT service? We are looking to validate DOMINO-DFU study site practice nationally and would be really grateful if you could spare 15mins to complete this survey @vs_foot @Franers13
https://t.co/ZJHpCWmOFX
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30% of our patients cannot have standard vascular tests critical for clinical decision making - pedal acceleration time in the management of challenging CLTI patients @JillSommerset @ManarKhashram @DrOdetteHart @SineadGormley3
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Rest pain, ulceration and gangrene are hallmark features of chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI). Wound healing can be challenging, and this is compounded by an inability to measure lower limb...
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Ground breaking work, with the data to back this model up. We all need some of your fairy dust to sprinkle @nas_vascular
An incredibly busy foot clinic starts with a team brief in the morning. All vascular patients (24 today) have had their images reviewed pre-clinic allowing more time for patient discussion. Despite all this prep and organisation, we still finished at 3pm today! Just high
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Time for change? Conventional wisdom has always been to take the highest DPA/PTA systolic blood pressure reading. Clinical decisions are based on this. Will this recommendation influence your practice?@RoyColPod @vascularnurses @podiatry_uel @PodsSoton @ThePodi @footindiabetes
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🎙️ Latest EDFN podcast examines future role of podiatric surgery Two experts in podiatric surgery discuss how the service has evolved with the increasing burden of diabetic foot disease in the latest EDFN podcast. Listen here: https://t.co/fyQ1LkZSlq
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Would make sense to bring into alignment. UK population in ‘23 is 67.7m. Of those there are 15.5m are over 60, 20% of whom will have PAD= 3.1m https://t.co/xVWAowpbOK
Quality outcome framework 2023/24 attaches 2 QoF points for maintaining a register of patients with PAD compared to 80 QoF points for diabetes including monitoring and diagnosis. Time to level up? @RoyColPod @lawrenceambros1 @VAPPG @Martinfox2000
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Exercise is 1st line treatment for #PAD. To address #HealthInequalities, support patients & celebrate #VascularAwarenessMonth, we are proud to launch our self-directed exercise infographic in 16 languages as an open resource for patients & health experts. https://t.co/cBr2gRlZ3p
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👣September is Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) awareness month. ALPS, the Canadian Podiatric Medical Association (CPMA), D Foot International and Wounds Canada are excited to announce a new vital public awareness campaign. Learn more here: https://t.co/T6GoU84QDf
#PADAwareness
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If you’ve got a spare couple of minutes and wanna hear about what I do… and the principles behind it.,,, …this @EVToday interview summarises it well. Thank you guys for the invitation.
evtoday.com
Dr. Ahmad shares the setup and current projects of the Manchester Amputation Reduction Strategy and its role in addressing health care inequities, thoughts on unmet needs in diabetic foot ulcers, his...
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Did you know that toe cuff size matters? Have recently seen this impact first hand through conflicting results between ourselves and the vascular lab. 15 mmhg can make a huge differences when dealing with low values 1/
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To determine the optimal cuff width for measuring toe blood pressure in patients with lower limb ischemia, this experimental prospective study examined 20 patie...
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Calling all podiatrists and vascular teams …. Is the status quo good enough? If not.. read this👇, attach it to an email and meet with your vascular / podiatry team leaders, to identify historical gaps / risks & hammer out an improvement plan 🤝 👣🦵🫀 https://t.co/ViT4Y9mROl
Podiatrists & vascular teams in the UK & Ireland .. have you read the @RoyColPod & @VSGBI memorandum of understanding .. and importantly .. have you started to disseminate, discuss & implement it, within your sphere of influence? 🌱👣🫀 #livesandlimbs @PodVascSAG @footindiabetes
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Great to attend the launch of @VAPPG report Empowering Change: a vision for supported self care. 3.8m people have a wound in the UK, costing the NHS £8.3bn. More must be done to facilitate self management, & more must be invested into prevention. https://t.co/nX574pcUp5
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Webinar 41 27th March 2023. 8pm. How to manage the foot in patients with diabetic foot ulceration Run in conjunction with the diabetic foot SIG We have 2 excellent speakers: Frank Bowling (podiatric surgeon / Manchester): Relevant biomechanics to manage patients with a DFU
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Just when I was losing hope that advanced practitioner podiatrists were represented.. I spot these 2 abstracts: one showing the lack of ability for hospitals to meet NICE Guidelines & one showing the impact of investment & clinical leadership 👏👏🥇🥇 #livesandlimbs @RoyColPod
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