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I would be pleased if somebody can please tell me why it is the case, that Podiatrists are unable to directly refer patients for care and assessment at an outpatient-based high risk foot clinic.
Countless times, including last week the latest, I have encountered a patient with acute diabetic ulceration that would benefit from care at a high risk foot clinic. It is bizarre, but the Podiatrist and staff at the High Risk Foot Clinic continually advises me that they will not accept any referral for intake from a Podiatrist, stating to me that the GP must make the referral.
So again last week I phoned the GP, with the GP questioning why I as the podiatrist was not making the referral. He asked, with good reason, why I could not provide the referral as I was the primary practitioner involved in the patient's foot care.
Surely it is a waste of time and resources for Podiatrists to be barred from making such direct referrals ourselves as foot care experts?! - Personally I find it offensive.!
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