High Risk Foot Service

The Liverpool Hospital High Risk Foot Service (HRFS) offers a multi-disciplinary team approach to managing patients with complex foot pathologies due to a variety of medical conditions. We are a Centre of Excellence with the National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC).

The aim of the HRFS is to provide the best care possible for patients with high risk feet in order to reduce and prevent foot ulceration, infection, hospital admissions and lower extremity amputations.

The HRFS liaises closely with other medical departments such as Endocrinology, Vascular, Hospital in the Home, Infectious Disease, Orthotics / Prosthetics, Wound Care Nurses and Community Nurses to achieve the best possible of care for our patients.

The HRFS is associated with the South West Sydney Limb Preservation and Wound Research group, located at the Ingham Institute of Medical Research. The academic unit’s vision is to reduce avoidable amputations and improve the care of people in South Western Sydney and globally. We undertake a number of research projects with partners across Australia and globally. Our research projects include: diabetic foot infections, wound management, diabetic retinopathy, and molecular and genomic investigations of diabetic foot infections.