High Risk Foot Service - Royal North Shore Hospital

To be eligible for our service, patients must meet one of more of the following criteria: 
 

•    Active Lower Limb Ulceration 
•    Active or Suspected Lower Limb Infection 
•    Suspected or Confirmed Charcot Neuroarthropathy 
•    Critical Limb Ischemia 
•    Gangrene
•    Lower Limb Neuropathy 
•    Lower Limb Vascular Disease 
•    Inflammatory Arthropathy 
•    Diabetes 
•    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People 
•    End Stage Renal Disease or Renal Transplant Recipient 
•    Previous Foot Ulcer 
•    Previous Lower Limb Minor/Major Amputation
•    Inactive Charcot Neuroarthropathy  
 

Please note, all referrals are screened, triaged and assigned a category of urgency depending on the reason for referral 

• Images or scans
• Blood results
• Test results
• List of current medications

To be eligible for our service, patients require a referral letter from their GP clearly stating how they meet the above eligibility criteria.

Patients must live either in the Lower North Shore, Ryde or Hunters Hill local government areas or referred by the Brookvale Community Health Centre podiatry service.

• GP referral

Can transport be organised for people to attend?

The high risk foot service does not provide a transport service for patients attending appointments.

Is there a cost to patients to attend the clinic?

There is no cost to attend the high risk foot service, however patients may purchase devices or products from the service which will aid their ongoing care.

• High Risk Foot Service Referral Pathway