Report on Worforce Risks and Opportunites - Podiatry

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WORKFORCE RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES CHIROPODISTS/ PODIATRISTS
EDUCATION COMMISSIONING RISKS SUMMARY FROM 2012

Purpose
This information has been collated to inform decisions on education commissioning over the next three to five years. It considers the key factors influencing the estimation of future need for chiropodists/podiatrists and gives an assessment of the current workforce supply. It includes regional perspectives and a summary analysis of risks in education commissioning.

Chiropodists/podiatrists diagnose and treat abnormalities of the lower limb. They give professional advice on prevention of foot problems and on proper care of the foot.

Chiropody/podiatry pre-registration training is commissioned and funded by the NHS.

KEY FINDINGS
There is increasing demand for NHS chiropody/podiatry services leading to changes in practice to ensure best treatment and support.

Clinical guidance for diabetes related foot conditions may significantly increase the demand for chiropodists/podiatrist.

There was a 5 per cent decrease each year in the number of education commissions from the 2009/10 to 2011/12 academic years.

The employment of newly qualified chiropodists/podiatrists in the private sector is leading to a skills gap as they are unlikely to have the opportunity to deal with complex clinical cases.

This may lead to a reduction in future supply for the NHS, as chiropodists/podiatrists will lack the skills to deal with the more complex foot conditions treated within the NHS.

Next steps Service providers to continue to review the workforce, including skill mix and changes in practice, to bridge the gap between service need and availability of chiropodists/podiatrists.

Workforce planners and service commissioners to consider the future roles and demand for chiropodists/ podiatrists in the NHS, private and voluntary sectors in light of current policy drivers and the changing needs of the population.

Education commissioners and service providers to work together to understand the implications of the clinical guidance on diabetes for the future workforce.

Local Education and Training Boards (LETBs) to work with service providers to monitor the quality of training placements and ensure that opportunities are available for students to undertake clinical activities during these placements.

Employers and the profession to work in partnership to develop a post-registration commissions and training framework for chiropodists/podiatrists to develop their skills in treating people with higher-risk foot conditions.
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Mark Russell · Oct 6, 2012

Next steps Service providers to continue to review the workforce, including skill mix and changes in practice, to bridge the gap between service need and availability of chiropodists/podiatrists. Workforce planners and service commissioners to consider the future roles and demand for chiropodists/ podiatrists in the NHS, private and voluntary sectors in light of current policy drivers and the changing needs of the population.
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This is the strategic plan for podiatry in the UK for the forseeable future. Note the source. Not the Society/Istitute or any other professional body. Workforce planners and service commissioners. Of course, politicians have a quite seperate agenda - not that I would have a great deal of faith in that alternative. On present course, Podiatry UK PLC will become an increasing irrelevence; an outsourced, underfunded, unskilled generic health assistant "profession".

Think we had the best of it. What a shame for the patients and the young pods graduating today.

davidh · Oct 6, 2012

What a depressing read first thing on a Saturday morning.........

DTT · Oct 6, 2012

davidh said: ↑

What a depressing read first thing on a Saturday morning.........
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No mention of IPP's diagnosing and referring DM2's or prevention and maintenance that we carry out on a daily basis.

NHS to encourage self care on low risk diabetics = discharge into oblivion or non professional care. Any fear of referring to us for safe keeping ???:bash:

Last time I attended a diabetes UK conference not one of the speakers recognised or acknowledged the existence of IPP's so frankly I don't see this report is in any way an accurate reflection of what is happening in the real world. They are concerned only with the needs of the future NHS and I suggest know very little if anything about the resource's that are available in podiatry IPP networks.

But then if we cant sort ourselves out and the professional bodies wont talk to each other............what do we expect:sinking:

cheers
D

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