Jayne Robbie

Senior Lecturer & Course Lead; Birmingham City University
Specialist Podiatrist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
Dean, Faculty of Podiatric Medicine; Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (Glasgow)

Jayne Robbie is a senior lecturer and course lead for the MSc in advancing practice in peripheral vascular disease at Birmingham City University as well as a diabetes specialist podiatrist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust.

She has been involved with high risk foot care for over twenty five years, and became the first podiatrist in the West Midlands to be accepted onto the Diabetes UK Clinical Champions programme in 2019 and now sits on their Healthcare Professionals Advisory (HPA) Committee and Health Inequalities steering group. She is also co-chair of the Foot in Diabetes UK executive committee, and member of the English Diabetes Footcare Network committee and the iDEAL (Insights into Diabetes Excellence, Access and Learning) multi-professional panel as well as the Royal College of Podiatry Vascular Special Advisory Group (RCPod SAG).

Jayne is currently studying for a doctorate researching person-centred ‘missingness’ and missed opportunities in accessing specialist foot care for people with diabetes. She is passionate about the unique role of podiatrists in the MDT and has been pivotal in the ACT NOW campaign to raise awareness of early referral of foot problems to specialist centres to reduce amputations.

She was awarded Fellow of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine at the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow in 2022 and elected Dean in May 2025. She was also awarded Fellow of the Royal College of Podiatrists in April 2023 in recognition of her work.

My feet are killing me … exploring missed opportunities and health inequalities in foot care in people with diabetes

It is estimated that 80-85% of amputations associated with diabetes are preventable. Contextualising ‘missingness’ with regards to foot care in people with diabetes and exploring the potential health care challenges faced by both people with diabetes will provide insights into the person-centred impact of health care decisions on the lived experiences of people with foot problems associated with diabetes.

Identification of factors that affect early help-seeking activity will enable better understanding and appreciation of the patient-centred care needs for people living with diabetes foot conditions.