Jayne Robbie

Senior Lecturer in Diabetes Care

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Email:: Jayne.Robbie@bcu.ac.uk

Jayne qualified as a podiatrist from Brighton Polytechnic in 1987 and has had a varied career in primary and secondary care working extensively as a diabetes specialist in multi-professional teams as well as having experience managing a large primary care podiatry unit.

Jayne was one of the first intake of podiatrists to gain a degree in podiatric medicine which she completed in 1989, and developed the learning bug having studied for a PGCE and went on to complete an MSc in Health Care. She was the first podiatrist from the West Midlands to take part in the NIHR funded Masters to PhD Bridging Program which developed her research skills and is passionate about the prevention of diabetic foot complications and interventions aimed specifically at diabetic foot disease and ulceration; the main cause of hospital admissions for diabetes in the UK.

Jayne joined Birmingham City University in October 2020 as a part-time senior lecturer in diabetes care, whilst continuing to work as a specialist podiatrist in the multi-disciplinary team at University Hospitals Birmingham.

Current Activity

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Memberships

Teaching

Research

Publications

ACT NOW! Reducing amputations during the Covid pandemic and beyond, Robbie J. Edmonds P, Phillips A, Holmes P, Odiase C, Aldred C, Grumitt J, Walker K, Beckwith A : 2021, The Diabetic Foot Journal Vol 24 No 2 : 8 – 11
BNJ paper – Oct 2021. https://www.bjninform.com/clinical-a-z/foot-care-for-people-with-diabetes/
Workshop contributor for Ageing well with diabetes working group and subsequent publication; Wylie TAF, Morris A, Robertson E, et al. Ageing well with diabetes: A workshop to co- design research recommendations for improving the diabetes care of older people. Diabet Med. 2022;00:e14795
Robbie J et al. ACT NOW! A practical toolkit for amputation reduction. 2022. Current issues in diabetes care. S10-13
Co-author Bilateral calcanectomy: two case histories presenting a useful option for limb salvage in the multidisciplinary diabetic foot clinic ; Braden N, Tomkins D, Mitchell L, David M, Babwah F, Saeed M, Robbie J, Tiwari A. The Diabetic Foot Journal Vol 25 No 1 2022; 20-23
Robbie J, Edmonds M, Phillips A et al. ACT NOW! A practical toolkit for amputation reduction. British Journal of Healthcare Management. 2022. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2022.0055
Robbie J. Edmonds P, Phillips A. et al. 2021. ACT NOW to save feet. The Podiatrist. May/June. 40-42
Missingness commentary (with Mike Edmonds, Catherine Bewsey). The Diabetic Foot Journal Vol 25 No 3 2022; 5-6
Vascular Matters – SAG update; The Podiatrist, Nov 2022, p 34
Publication: Robbie J, Edmonds M, Phillips A et al. ACT NOW! A practical toolkit for amputation reduction. British Journal of Healthcare Management. 2022. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjhc.2022.0055
Oral presentation; National Primary Care & Public Health Conference - Diabetic Emergencies – what to refer and when. May 2022
Oral presentation; ACT NOW in diabetes and foot assessments: an essential service and a new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications. BCU Annual Health Conference. May 2022
E-poster presentation at Royal College of Podiatry annual conference – July 2022 – ACT NOW in diabetes and foot assessments: an essential service and a new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications
ACT NOW! Reducing amputations during the Covid pandemic and beyond, Robbie J. Edmonds P, Phillips A, Holmes P, Odiase C, Aldred C, Grumitt J, Walker K, Beckwith A : 2021, The Diabetic Foot Journal Vol 24 No 2 : 8 – 11
Phillips A, Edmonds M, Holmes P, Robbie J, Odiase C, Grumitt J (2020) ACTNOW in Diabetes and Foot Assessments: an essential service, Practice Nursing, 31, 12, 476-479. Reprinted in; J. Comm. Nursing March 2021
Robbie, J. (2021) Managing foot care for people with diabetes. Journal of Practice Nursing Diabetes. supplement p.3-9
Phillips A, Odiase C, Diggle J, Grumitt J, Holmes P, Beckwith A, Robbie J, Walker K (2021) How to maximise the impact of diabetes consultations: The perspective of people living with diabetes, www.idealdiabetes.com
Robbie J. (2021), ACT NOW! Reducing amputations during the Covid pandemic and beyond. The Podiatrist, Vol 25. No2.
Edmonds M, Phillips A, Holmes P, Odiase C, Robbie J, Grumitt J, Halloum H (2020) To halve the number of major amputations in people living with diabetes, “ACTNOW”, Diabetes & Primary Care, 22, 6, 1 – 5.
Outcome and 1 year follow up of complication of healing in diabetes. WoundsUK, Vol15, No2, p30-33
1 year audit data for patients admitted into an acute hospital from an out patient podiatry clinic. poster presentation, Wounds UK conference. Nov 2018
Outcome and 1 year follow up of an unusual complication of healing in a diabetic patient – oral presentation, Wound UK conference. Nov 2018
Robbie J, Tomkins D, Mitchell L, Saeed M, David M, Tiwari A (2020) A 2-year prospective audit of patients admitted into an acute hospital from an outpatient podiatry clinic – trends and outcomes. The Diabetic Foot Journal 23(4): 32–35

Oral presentations

Diabetes UK (2021) Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professional Diabetes Research Poster Award Winners: Edmonds P, Robbie J, Phillips A, Holmes P, Odiase C, Aldred C, Grumitt J, Walker K, Beckwith A
DUK professional conference webinar - April 2021, How to reduce amputations in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Session title: The importance of diagnosis of infection and the role of the hot foot clinic; with Mike Edmonds, Paul Chadwick, Martin Fox
Co-author Diabetes UK for e-poster at professional conference 2021 - Reaching out to share best practice with an India/UK partnership for advancing diabetes care: a collaborative approach to cascade clinical knowledge and develop skills in specialist diabetes care delivery through an online MSc for 100 doctors practicing in diabetes care across India. With Anne Phillips, Theresa Smyth, Wasim Hanif, Martha Stewart, Richard Smith
“ACT NOW in diabetes and foot assessments: an essential service and a new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications” accepted for poster presentation at English Diabetic Foot Network conference May 2021
“Mortality in people with diabetes attending a high risk MDT ‘hot’ clinic during COVID19” accepted for oral presentation at English Diabetic Foot Network conference May 2021
ACT NOW presentation by Jayne Robbie, Prof Mike Edmonds & Anne Phillips at the D-Foot International Webinar June 2021. D-Foot International - iDEAL ACT NOW! (d-foot.org)
ACT NOW collaborative e-poster at Diabetes India 2021 virtual conference June 2021 – with iDEAL panel
ACT NOW presentation at The Health Service Journal Awards Conference by Jayne Robbie, Prof Mike Edmonds & Anne Phillips June 2021
Co-presenter with Mike Edmonds/Anne Phillips ‘Delays in reaching specialist foot care lead to poor outcomes’ at 1st International Conference on "Innovations by NGOs in Diabetes Care" 13/8/2021
Diabetes UK oral presentation – Putting Feet First – Nov 2021
Wounds UK conference e-poster – November 2021
Foot in Diabetes UK conference – November 2021 – oral presentation The ACT NOW acronym: an innovative educational infographic for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications and address health inequalities and panel debate/Q&A Early successful below-knee amputation as a patient choice
Diabetes UK professional conference 2022; e-posters 1)The case for bilateral calcanectomy: a useful tool for limb salvage in a multidisciplinary diabetic foot service 2) A case report: Early successful below-knee amputation as a patient choice oral presentation 3) The ACT NOW (Accident, Change, Temperature, New pain, Oozing, Wound) acronym: an innovative educational infographic for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications and address health inequalities : oral presentations 1) A case history presenting early amputation as a patient choice 2) ACT NOW! Delays in reaching specialist foot care lead to poor outcomes (panel presentation in podiatrists specialist pathway 30/3/22)
Oral presentation; National Primary Care & Public Health Conference - Diabetic Emergencies – what to refer and when. May 2022
Oral presentation; ACT NOW in diabetes and foot assessments: an essential service and a new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications. BCU Annual Health Conference. May 2022
E-poster RCPod annual conference – July 2022 – ACT NOW in diabetes and foot assessments: an essential service and a new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications
BCU teaching and learning conference workshop – ACT NOW in diabetes and foot assessments: an essential service and a new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications – 7/7/22
E-posters and oral presentations (mortality/calcanectomy and vascular MSc ) at UHB Therapy cpd day (10/10/22)
ACT NOW Poster presentation at Multi-disciplinary research conference. Birmingham. 19/10/22
Foot in Diabetes UK oral presentation; ‘missingness’ - who is missing from our services and why?. 8/11/22
ACT NOW presentation by Jayne Robbie, Prof Mike Edmonds & Anne Phillips at the D-Foot International Webinar June 2021. D-Foot International - iDEAL ACT NOW! (d-foot.org)
ACT NOW presentation at The Health Service Journal Awards Conference by Jayne Robbie, Prof Mike Edmonds & Dr Anne Phillips June 2021
Mitchell L, Robbie J, Tomkins D, Lucas J, Murray A, Nicholl P, Tiwari A, Kay M, Sam R ; Redeployment of podiatrists into the vascular hot clinic during COVID19. Vascular Society Scientific conference 2020
“Mortality in people with diabetes attending a high risk MDT ‘hot’ clinic during COVID19” English Diabetic Foot Network conference May 2021
DUK professional conference webinar - April 2021, How to reduce amputations in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Session title: The importance of diagnosis of infection and the role of the hot foot clinic; with Mike Edmonds, Paul Chadwick, Martin Fox

Poster presentations

ACT NOW in diabetes and foot assessments: an essential service and a new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals to recognise the warning signs of foot complications” poster presentation at EDFN conference May 2021
ACT NOW collaborative e-poster at Diabetes India 2021 virtual conference June 2021 – with iDEAL panel and Dr Anne Phillips
Diabetes UK (2021) Nursing and Allied Healthcare Professional Diabetes Research Poster Award Winners: Edmonds P, Robbie J, Phillips A, Holmes P, Odiase C, Aldred C, Grumitt J, Walker K, Beckwith A
Co-author DUK for e-poster at professional conference 2021 - Reaching out to share best practice with an India/UK partnership for advancing diabetes care: a collaborative approach to cascade clinical knowledge and develop skills in specialist diabetes care delivery through an online MSc for 100 doctors practicing in diabetes care across India. With Anne Phillips, Theresa Smyth, Wasim Hanif, Martha Stewart, Richard Smith
Co-author DUK for e-poster at professional conference 2021 ‘A new educational tool for people with diabetes and health care professionals has been created: ACTNOW to recognise warning signs of foot complications and reduce delays in people with diabetes reaching specialist help and timely treatment to avoid amputation.’ With Mike Edmonds, Anne Phillips et al.
“ACT NOW! Reducing amputations during the Covid pandemic and beyond “ English Diabetic Foot Network conference May 2021

Industry

Urgo foundation award winner; Evidencing the impact of ACT NOW resources in reducing delays in accessing specialist foot services.