Major differences in the rate of foot amputations for people with diabetes in England are incredibly concerning, patient groups say. Such amputations are a sign patients have not received adequate ...

that’s part of the appeal. Not everyone, he said, can say he keeps his own foot in a bucket. “It’s interesting,” he said. “It’s mine.” Soon after the amputation, news spread.

It became infected and he developed sepsis, and had to have two toes and part of the underside of his foot amputated, as well as another femoral artery bypass. While in hospital his left leg also ...