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Scope for "Foot Health Professionals"

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Returner....?, May 2, 2013.

  1. Returner....?

    Returner....? Member


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    I have just seen an advert by a foor health professional offering "treatment of the diabetic foot". Is this really within their scope of activities? As a returner, I had thought that they were involved in the care of healthy people with minor abnormalities, not at risk patients. Have I got this one wrong?!
     
  2. davidh

    davidh Podiatry Arena Veteran

    Because the profession is not closed in the UK, anyone who has trained to a standard which allows them to buy indemnity insurance can treat at-risk feet.

    This includes Foot Health Professionals.
     
  3. Anthony S

    Anthony S Active Member

    Your concern for the vulnerable foot is admirable returner.

    You clearly love feet.

    As David says, with no functional closeur, anyone can do anything provided they title themselves appropriately.
     
  4. Claire72

    Claire72 Active Member

    Is there any point in setting up a domicilary podiatry practice in the uk?

    I am aware that there seems to be a huge 'thing' about the various roles of various practitioners who can treat the feet, but am basically at a loss as to why a patient who is not seeing a pod in the NHS would pay to see a pod privately, other than for biomechanics perhaps?

    I know that there are FHPs who use the term podiatrist in their website literature, which implies (to me) as if the terms are interchangeable, and to the patient/customer of a doms practice, in many cases they might as well be.

    I have looked in previous threads on this matter, but they just seemed to end up in a war of words, but ....for private practitioners this must be a big deal. Is it? How do other practices feel?

    I am not saying there is anything wrong with the role of FHPs of course, but I am having a bit of a sinking feeling that for a Dom practice, I didn't really need to do a degree.

    Humph

    Many thanks.
     
  5. davidh

    davidh Podiatry Arena Veteran

    Hi Claire72,

    I think you've answered your own question.;)
    There is no need to do a degree to set up in dom practice, simply because doms will limit you so much in what you can effectively treat.

    Just two examples..........
    Your degree allows you to administer LA and carry out invasive procedures. It gives you a head start in biomech, because you can do further training based on solid scientific evidence, not sales hype. You can do neither in a dom situation.
     
  6. blinda

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  7. Anthony S

    Anthony S Active Member

    http://youtu.be/bETCusT5kNM

    The Cat Came Back
    Old Mr. Payne had problems of his own.
    He had a yellow cat that just wouldn't leave him alone.
    He tried and he tried to give the cat away.
    He gave it to a little man going far away...
    But the cat came back the very next day.
    Yes, the cat came back. They thought he was goner
    But the cat came back. He just wouldn't stay away.
    He gave it to a little boy with a dollar note.
    He told the boy to take the cat up river on a boat.
    The boat turned over and was never found,
    And now they drag the river for the little boy who drowned...
    But the cat came back the very next day.
    Yes, the cat came back. They thought he was goner

    But the cat came back. He just wouldn't stay away.
    The man around the corner said he'd shoot the cat on sight.
    He loaded up his shotgun full of nails and dynamite.
    He waited... and he waited... 'till the cat came walking round
    And ninety-seven pieces of the man was all they found...
    But the cat came back the very next day.
    Yes, the cat came back. They thought he was goner
    But the cat came back. He just wouldn't stay away.
    The H-bomb fell the very next day.
    The A-bomb fell in the very same way.
    Russia went! England went! And then the USA.
    The entire human race was left without a chance to pray...
    But the cat came back the very next day.
    Yes, the cat came back. They thought he was gone,
    But the cat came back. He just wouldn't stay away.
     
  8. Claire72

    Claire72 Active Member

    David, thank you for your reply. Anthony....eh?
     
  9. davidh

    davidh Podiatry Arena Veteran

    Hi Claire,

    I hope it was helpful. Let us know what you decide eventually.

    Regards,

    Davidh
     
  10. merchuca

    merchuca Welcome New Poster

    FHP's can assess diabetic patients, and they can do a normal chiropody, but they can not treat them as such. They don't treat ulcers for example and they have to refer for further treatments. They shouldn't say treat...
     
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