Multidisciplinary Foot Clinic
A multi-disciplinary service, caring for people with high risk foot conditions, including the culturally responsive Telehealth Foot Service run within regional, rural and remote communities.
General and outpatient enquiries
7117 3010
Phone High Risk Foot Coordinator
0481 155 858
What we do
The Multidisciplinary Foot Clinic is a specialist unit focused on the prevention of foot and lower limb amputations in patients with complex medical conditions.
The service provides daily inpatient and outpatient services at The Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH), plus regular care of inpatients at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre.
Podiatry, part of Allied Health, is the primary contact for the Multidisciplinary Foot Clinic.
Clinics operate weekly at both RAH and TQEH.
The RAH is the triage hub for all Podiatry and Multidisciplinary Foot Clinic and Telehealth Foot Service referrals.
Where to find us
Outpatient clinic located on Level 3 (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Check appointment information and screens on arrival at the RAH, for the specific location.
Resources
This page was last updated 13 June 2025.
What we do
Make a deadly choice. Healthy feet – healthy you.
Our aim is to support patients, their family and carers, and community health providers living in regional, rural, remote and isolated locations. We help in the management of acute diabetes related foot complications, in order to reduce lower limb amputations.
The Telehealth Foot Service specifically allows for:
- timely assessment/triage of patients with current foot ulceration/problem
- early access to specialist high risk foot services for health professionals and patients in regional, isolated, rural/remote areas
- discharge planning/follow up care from acute hospitalisation
- support for primary health clinicians managing foot complications.
Our aim is to establish ongoing care with the local health care service, providing input when local services are not available or cannot be provided in a timely manner.
Due to the nature of foot disease, a healthcare professional will need to be present during the consult to assist with manual assessments, such as dressings and/or wound treatment.
Who we are
We are a multi-disciplinary team with members from local health care providers, podiatry, as well as Aboriginal Health Practitioners.
This page was last updated 13 June 2025.
We accept written referrals from GPs and medical specialists.
Emailed or faxed referrals are preferred.
Patients requiring immediate assessment, outside of business hours, should be sent to the Emergency Department.
We have Rapid Access (same day) appointments available Monday – Friday. These appointments are triaged based on clinical urgency.
Telehealth appointments are available as co-consult with a local clinician and patient, for those who are unable to attend face-to-face clinics.
Referral guidelines
Urgent:
- Foot wound deep to tendon/bone
- Foot wound in the absence of pedal pulses
- Foot wound not healing after 4 weeks of appropriate treatment
- Known or suspected acute Charcot neuroarthropathy
- Local (moderate) foot infection (e.g. cellulitis/osteomyelitis).
Semi-urgent:
- Foot wound with no signs of clinical infection
- Ingrown nail in high-risk patient (non-infected).
Send to Emergency Department:
- Foot wound with systemic signs of illness (e.g. sepsis)
- Critical Limb Ischaemia.
Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are classified as at high risk of foot complications and therefore will be provided appointments for both active foot ulceration and preventive care.
Access to an Aboriginal Health Practitioner via The Hub is available on request, to support culturally safe care within our service.
Referrals should include:
- patient details - address, date of birth, contact phone number, Medicare number, pension card
- reason for referral
- relevant clinical history of the patient
- list of current medications
- current treatment regimen
- recent relevant test results – x-ray, pathology, etc
- referrer's name and contact details.
This page was last updated 13 June 2025.
This page was last updated 13 June 2025.
This page was last updated 13 June 2025.