{"id":388,"date":"2019-03-04T20:45:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T20:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stratfordfootcare.com\/WebSite\/?page_id=388"},"modified":"2019-04-28T20:00:52","modified_gmt":"2019-04-28T20:00:52","slug":"who-is-treating-your-feet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stratfordfootcare.com\/WebSite\/who-is-treating-your-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is treating your feet?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Not all people who treat feet are trained or regulated.   Be sure and be confident your feet are seen by a Podiatrist.  Podiatry training is a 3 or 4 year degree at one of only 13 Universities in the UK.<\/p>\n

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There is confusion amongst the general public as to who can treat feet.\u00a0 It may surprise many,\u00a0 to learn that legally anyone can look at feet and perform certain treatments.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>

Informed choice should be paramount.<\/p>

I feel it is important to inform people that not all people who treat feet are Podiatrists or Chiropodists.\u00a0 It is quite complicated and even most other health care professionals do not know these facts.<\/p>

Chiropodists\/Podiatrists are always<\/i> registered with the HCPC.\u00a0 Its quite simple, if the person is not on the register, then he or she is not a Chiropodist or Podiatrist.\u00a0 The non-registered practitioners may refer to themselves for example as Foot Health Practitioner or Foot Health Specialist.\u00a0<\/p>

Circa 2003 the HCPC was formed to regulate many Health Care Professionals.\u00a0 They were given the responsibility to regulate professions allied to medicine including Physiotherapists, Radiographers and Chiropodists\/Podiatrists. Prior to 2003, the title Chiropodist\/Podiatrist was not protected – that meant anyone could say they were a Podiatrist!\u00a0 Parliament were keen to allow the group of people who didnt hold a diploma or degree training the opportunity to demonstrate their competence and those who did, were able to be “Grandparented” onto the HCPC register.\u00a0 \u00a0This was a limited time offer and I believe this closed in 2005.<\/p>

Part of the HCPC instigation was to protect the titles Podiatrist and Chiropodist.\u00a0 These titles are subsequently protected by UK law and only those qualified before the early 1990’s with a Diploma in Chiropody, those with the degree in Podiatry and the very small group “Grandparented” Podiatrists are permitted registration to the HCPC, use of the titles and protection of title.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>

Interestingly, this means that it is in fact a criminal offence to falsely claim the titles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

To add more complication, only those qualified with a Diploma in Chiropody (DPodM) and or the degree in Podiatric Medicine (not the Grandparented Podiatrists) are permitted to work for the NHS\u00a0<\/p>

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