January 2017


The Value of PASCOM-10 for Podiatry

Published 24 Jan 2017

In the January edition of Podiatry Now David Tollafield provides a useful overview of the PASCOM-10 database from its early days as a simple audit project at Nene College (now the Univesity of Northampton) through to the present day with over 77,000 recorded episodes of care.  David concludes his review with a challenge to all podiatrists: "The podiatric surgeons (fewer than 100 individuals) have hammered down the key ingredients of (PASCOM)  but 8000 podiatrists can access the system; consider the impact if we had 2000 podiatrists alone? This would provide the basis upon which national policy could be made."  PASCOM-10 is

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PASCOM national data for 2016 published

Published 24 Jan 2017

Each year in January the PASCOM team publish raw invasive treatment data generated by the system over the previous 12 months.  The data is provided 'as is' without editing, error correction or further analysis.  Individual departments use PASCOM in accordance with their own local audit procedures and as a result there can be some variance in how and when activity or outcomes are recorded, as a result care should be taken when using this data to benchmark local activity.  If you require any support with interpreting the national data please get in contact http://www.pascom-10.com/contact-us The 2016 data shows that 100 centres recorded  11,375

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