People living with diabetes are unaware of their foot risk status or why they are referred to a multidisciplinary foot team.

Aim: People with active diabetic foot disease should be rapidly referred by health professionals along a pathway of care to a multidisciplinary foot team. The aim was to investigate patients' self-reported understanding of their foot risk status and reasons for their referral to a multidisciplinary foot team.

Method: This seven-month service evaluation included consecutive newly referred patients.