THS - Southern Region Podiatry Service: Prioritisation Matrix
The Department will periodically contact patients waiting for an outpatient clinic appointment via SMS, with a link to an electronic form. This is part of routine waitlist auditing to ensure patient details are up to date. If you receive this SMS, please update your details.
Consumers/patients who are referred THO-South Podiatry Services are prioritised for care according to medical need and podiatry need.
Prioritisation Matrix
Medical Need | |||
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Podiatry Need | HIGH RISK Diabetes/ Rheumatoid/ Renal dialysis or HIV/ AIDS with complications Peripheral Vascular Disease Neurological disorders Immunocompromised or Immunosuppressed
| AT RISK Diabetes/ Rheumatoid/ Renal dialysis or HIV/ AIDS without complications Osteoarthritis Connective tissue disorders Peripheral Oedema Long term steroid use Terminally ill | MOBILITY/ACCESSIBILITY Medical conditions – not directly affecting feet Obesity Cardiac bending or breathing problems Impaired vision/ Falls risk Severe learning disability/ Psychiatric illnesses *HACC eligibility criteria |
HIGH PRIORITY Acute Pain Acute/Chronic painful lesions Ulceration/Breakdown/Infection Pre/Post- Amputation Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy Foreign body Onychocryptosis Severe deformity | Priority 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 2 |
MEDIUM PRIORITY Biomechanical/ Gait Dysfunction /Moderate deformity Neurovascular corn | Priority 2 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 |
LOW PRIORITY Mild Pain Epidermal fissures Fungal infections Asymptomatic biomechanics Correctable deformity Pathological toenails Footwear related pathology | Priority 3 | Priority 3 | Priority 4 |