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I am confused....thought a BSc Podiatry was the modern way to care for your feet. But according to the below mentioned webpage - its not, its Foot Health Practice. Am confused.:bang:

http://www.thechiropodyschool.org.uk/

Here is the direct quote.....

"....Not chiropody or podiatry - "Foot Health" Practice is the modern way to care for
corns, callus, bunions, ingrown toenails, verrucae, all the everyday things that happen to feet. .....Patients can gain rapid attention by self-referral..."

Many Podiatrists and Chiropodists work in the private sector and patients can gain rapid attention by self referral to these HCPC regulated Podiatrist/ Chiropodist. Universities with Podiatry Depts are still training Podiatrists, so one can only asssume that it is a modern way of foot health.

Do you think that the Directors of this college are giving an opinion for marketing purposes....am confused :bash:

 

Hello Lovefeet,
When you ask

you could be onto something there !
One of the directors "Johnpod" regularly posts erudite, logical and intellectual material on this forum, so you could ask him and await his pertinent response

.........igs:

regards

Catfoot

 

You seem to have a strange fascination with the College of Foot Health Practitioners website Lovefeet.

Someone on TFS has a similar preoccupation. Here's what I posted there:

"To ask questions about anything is perfectly permissable, even on PodA.

I suggest signing in with your own name though. Then in the event that you step over the line, hey presto, an aggrieved party can start proceedings against you.

Sometimes PodA simply decide that a thread isn't going anywhere, or isn't sufficiently interesting. Then it gets closed."

I wouldn't have thought this thread will last too long....

 

Alternatively, you could stop posting under a pseudonym, have the courage of your convictions and explain why the vast majority of your posts here have been overt attacks on the college of foot health practitioners.

Just an observation:morning:

 

Who's deciding in this case, you or Craig?

 

Interesting observation there DavidH.......howcome you don't sign it with your proper name, I am not sure if there is a second name here in the UK as H.

Simon, yes indeed what is my fascination.... It is not my fascination actually, it is just highlighting the ways of organisations that do not exactly comply what you would call - promoting the the Podiatry profession. What I mean by that is that the HCPC Podiatrists who cobble bizarre statements together (with reference to two of the Directors at The Alliance News...) and then print them on the world-wide web, ripping off Podiatry, etc, but at the same time are HCPC registration. One should assume that if they are so disillusioned about the Podiatry profession, that they deregister themselves from the HCPC and then state what they did and why they did it (become a martyr for their foot health practitioner students).

But then there is money to be made isn't there to train foot health practitioners, etc. And if it means belittling the Podiatry profession to get "rears on seats" for profit, well then who am I to raise this matter at the Podiatry (regulated tile) Arena.:dizzy:

Oops I live my username Lovefeet.....so much more interesting than my own name....

 

Yes, we call that hypocrisy. Here's the reality: I actually agree with some of what you are saying, but I will not stand up for you, nor take your posts seriously because you will not put forward your own name. I suspect others here will feel the same. Since, if we have no idea who you are, we cannot judge whether you are guilty of hypocrisy too. Good luck with your future though. :drinks

 

Thanks Simon......I don't expect you or anyone to stand up for me. I fight my own battles. But this is not a battle, it is merely raising awareness of foot health practitioners schools, etc

The real battles in my life are......do I go to Spain for my autumn holiday or France....and should I take my mother or my cat.......and should I lose weight before I go or after.......Now these are real battles!!!!!!!

 

Nor expect anyone to take you seriously, evidently. Whatever. Bored now. Next...

 

Agreed. Accusing others of unethical and unprofessional behaviour whilst making unfounded and incorrect allegations is not only hypocritical but a breach of the code of conduct laid down by the HCPC. Glass houses come to mind. I have a feeling that Lovefeet et co. are not registered podiatrists anyway but FHPs who seek to discredit the podiatric profession by their silly unethical approach. Can't imagine true professionals behaving like this in the first place. Yet another for the ignore list.

 

Mine is growing by the day. Tired of the same ol` same ol`.

 

Hey Mark Russell.....have you read The Alliance News......Remember I was not the one that cobbled it together, I was merely reading it and using my academic reasoning skills when I read the article. I believe at university (whatever course you attend) to read and analyse. That is exactly what I have done here. You can either agree or disagree, in my case - I disagreed.

BLinda, you obviously did your training at Southampton University, that would mean that they should have taught you to use academic reasoning skills when reading so called Podiatry literature. If you satisfied that the content of the The Alliance News meets your standards of what a self employed Podiatrist should strive for as a Podiatrist in private practice then by all means your comment is warranted. If you are in doubt though perhaps you want to get your fellow Podiatrists at Southampton University to read and comment, it could be a really interesting debate....

Aah me thinks that Winchester needs at least 3 autonomous Foot Health Practitioners to have Foot Health Practitioner businesses on the High Street and also home visits within a 15 mile radius. That way providing an "essential private service" at between £12 £15 per session. There is certainly money to be made in Winchester.....

 

SS,
You said

I would just like to point out that I do not know you, have never met you, am not sure what you do or even who you are. So I could say the same about you - if I wanted

regards

Catfoot

PS You seem to think you know who I am though ....?

 

"Foot Health Practice is not Podiatry - and Podiatrists know nothing about Foot Health Practice or how it is taught."

Quote from that website. Its pretty clear

 

Try Google, you'll find him there CF and all the information you need as well as contact information on his profile here.

How do we look you up ..........Oh of course we look under TROLL, or non person, or gutless wonder or or or
Cheers
D

 

But Derek,
You know who I am, you have said so !

regards

Catfoot

 

I think you are confusing me with someone else CF

I neither know or care who you are and have never stated otherwise.

You know my opinion of Trolls which I have stated many times= scummy gutless cowards who's opinions are as worthless as they are themselves.

Hope that clears up any misunderstanding
Cheers
D

 

Thanks for that DTT,

It is very enlightening.

I'll be sure to let the trolls know

http://quichemoraine.com/2009/01/nanny-goat-gruff-and-the-internet-trolls/

regards

Catfoot

 

Lovefeet, you seem very obsessed with Foot Health.....

I work for a family business of Chiropody and Foot Health, and find your comments very worrying?

the Smae Institute is a very good collage for Foot Health, and maybe you should speak to Mr Batt, I'm sure he would be very interested the fact you don't understand the job we are doing.

Yes we are qualified in the areas we have trained for and fully insured.. we are not trying to be Podiatrists. but of course there is a cross over point in which we both would look after.

I work hand in hand with a podiatrist, and many podiatrist that are growing the clinics they work in, are doing so with Foot Health Professionals.
They pass work to me/ and I pass work back.

As a Foot Health Professional, we would love to come under the HPC, but under our title Foot Heath Professionals...

HPC are not looking to do this at present, but in time I'm sure this might change.

Please don't waste your time replying to my feed, but may I suggest you spend time with a Foot Health Professional, or a podiatrist that does.

 

Let's put it this I started as a Foot Health Professional then converted to a Degree and went forward
As for SMAE in have no respect for that man

 

Your post is incoherent. Let me guess - sent from a mobile on a stagecoach?

 

Darn those cobblestones...

 

Bookmyfeet:-

Since Foot Health Practitoners are NOT statutory regulated, this means that it is not necessary to have to have training or insurance to undertake foot health work. In other words, those who want to attempt to raise the profile for foot health practitoiners will state that you must, but for those who do some research will realise that the law cannot state to anyone that they have to have training to be a foothealth practitioner and they have to have insurance when working as a foot health practioner. At the end of the day, because the title Foot Health Practioenr is not statutory regulated, there is nothing the law can do about it if folk work as one without any training or insurance.....

Please educate me if I am wrong.....

 

Bookmyeet,
You say

Do you speak for Mr Batt?

that makes no sense, can you clarify ?

So how does this help the patient, being shuffled about? Why not have the pod do all of it ?

I fail to see the benefit to the patient of this this kind of working relationship?

puzzzled

Catfoot

PS Are you by any chance anything to do with this website

http://www.bookmyfeet.com/

which has about 15 FHP adverts on it - all engaged in singled-handed working BTW - 1 pod and 1 pod using an FHP to do their laser treatments ?

 

Well done. You've just incorrectly spelled practitioner 4 times in one post.

I think this may be a record on Pod Arena.

 

DH,
You said

Does he/she get a prize? And if so what is it?

They did asked to be educated, though .....

regards

Catfoot

 

LOL Catfoot - I know i spelt the practitioner word incorrectly ...i could not be bothered to correct my spelling at the time of typing, sorry......i was so hoping that folk might know what i meant with those misspelled words...and pleased to see that 2 Podiatrists did - well done, you can now go up a level in the cyber class reading/ spelling group.