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Why is it that Podiatry degrees are advertised upon the basis of the NHS having a mass shortage of Podiatrists (to the extent of them paying for the training of new Podiatrists), when if you do a simple search on any job board, the opportunities for a newly qualified Podiatrist are scarce (even in private practice)?

Whereas if you type radiography or physiotherapy in, you obtain a plethora of job opportunities.

Is the actual reality of podiatry that there are barely any public sector jobs, and that this will be a trend to continue?

As a mature student I find this very troubling, and would welcome the responses of anyone within this field.

Ps. Please don't get defensive, the title is clickbaity to get the eyeballs to turn to it, and I just want genuine advice.

 

Your right to be concerned, it's all about bums on seats to keep the wheels turning at University. If only I could turn back the clock

Good luck

 

Did you manage to get an NHS job after graduating, and if so how long after?

 

hi
I unfortunately never landed a NHS opportunity , worked in private sector for a while picking up bits of work here and there, realised I was going nowhere fast and took a temp job in a covid testing centre. I'm now looking at post grad opportunities . good luck

 

Is it possible to transfer into a different allied health course or even nursing halfway though the year?

and which one would you recommend that may be a t a similar or lower difficulty to Podiatry in terms of content?

As I do not want to spend three years only to find out that there are no NHS jobs despite the claims that there is a massive shortage.

 

If u look at my previous posts from around 2017, I was a student at the time and just like you alarm bells we're ringing. If you are a 1st year student my advice would be to leave the course before you accumulate any more debt and start from scratch in a different field.

"massive shortage" yeah heard it all before but evidently its nonsense or surely they would be advertised on the NHS jobsite. I have heard good feedback about Nursing, the course is less intense , pass rates are much higher than in podiatry followed by a guaranteed NHS career after graduation.

 

Thank you, I appreciate your help and the information you have given me.