We are looking for a qualified and compassionate Foot Health Practitioner

We are looking for a qualified and compassionate Foot Health Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary team at New Haw Therapy Clinic we offer comprehensive, holistic care in a welcoming and professional environment. Our team includes Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Massage Therapists, Reflexologists, and more. We work collaboratively to deliver the highest standards of care. Send your CV and cover letter to therapy@newhawclinic.co.uk

Degree-trained Podiatrist relocating to UK in October. Registered and insured as Foot Health Practitioner until HCPC registration completed. Excellent chiropody and interpersonal skills. Willing to consider most locations. Please email podlocum1@gmail.com

Looking for affordable podiatry couches?

We’ve got you covered! Our selection includes three dated but functional couches, perfect for any clinic in need of an upgrade. While they require reupholstering, they offer great value for money. Plus, we have one couch with intermittent electricals – ideal for those who need a fixer-upper project. Don’t miss out on these deals – contact us today! 👣 £99 each 

Email Tish for further details l.whyte3@wlv.ac.uk

Established (12 years) one chair clinic with reception room

Sale to include goodwill, equipment and residual stock

Long lease – subject to Landlords review

£113,000 Turnover on a 4-day week

Excellent potential for further income

Busy area with lots of new development

High Street location in West Sussex with good public transport links

Available due to relocation

Please contact email@firstfootclinic.co.uk for further information

List of POMs that can be supplied to a podiatrist and then sold directly to a patient with the appropriate annotation

(Prescription Only – sale/supply)

  • Amorolfine hydrochloride cream where the maximum strength of the Amorolfine in the cream does not exceed 0.25 per cent by weight in weight
  • Amorolfine hydrochloride lacquer where the maximum strength of Amorolfine in lacquer does not exceed 5 per cent by weight in volume,
  • Amoxicillin,
  • Co-Codamol,
  • Co-dydramol 10/500 tablets,
  • Codeine Phosphate,
  • Erythromycin,
    • Flucloxacillin,
    • Silver Sulfadiazine,
    • Tioconazole 28%,
    • Topical hydrocortisone where the maximum strength of hydrocortisone in the medicinal product does not exceed 1 per cent by weight in weight.

    All registered podiatrists can sell, supply any GSL medicine. External GSL medicines can only be supplied during the course of a podiatrist’s professional practice.

    There are:

    • Potassium permanganate crystals or solution;
    • ointment of heparinoid and hyaluronidase; and
    • products containing, as their only active ingredients, any of the following substances, at a strength, in the case of each substance, not exceeding that specified in relation to that substance
    • 9.0 per cent Borotannic complex
    • 10.0 per cent Buclosamide
    • 3.0 per cent Chlorquinaldol
    • 1.0 per cent Clotrimazole
    • 10.0 per cent Crotamiton
    • 5.0 per cent Diamthazole hydrochloride
    • 1.0 per cent Econazole nitrate
    • 1.0 per cent Fenticlor
    • 10.0 per cent Glutaraldehyde
    • 1.0 per cent Griseofulvin
    • 0.4 per cent Hydrargaphen
    • 2.0 per cent Mepyramine maleate
    • 2.0 per cent Miconazole nitrate
    • 2.0 per cent Phenoxypropan-2-ol
    • 20.0 per cent Podophyllum resin
    • 10.0 per cent Polynoxylin
    • 70.0 per cent Pyrogallol
    • 70.0 per cent Salicylic acid
    • 1.0 per cent Terbinafine
    • 0.1 per cent Thiomersal

    List of medicines that registered podiatrists can administer with the appropriate annotation

    (Prescription Only Medicine – administration):

    •  Adrenaline, 

    • Bupivacaine hydrochloride, 

    • Bupivacaine hydrochloride with adrenaline where the maximum strength of adrenaline does not exceed 1 mg in 200 ml of bupivacaine hydrochloride, 

    • Levobupivacaine hydrochloride, 

    • Lidocaine hydrochloride, 

    • Lidocaine hydrochloride with adrenaline where the maximum strength of adrenaline does not exceed 1 mg in 200 ml of lignocaine hydrochloride, 

    • Mepivacaine hydrochloride, 

    • Methylprednisolone, 

    • Prilocaine hydrochloride, 

    • Ropivacaine hydrochloride

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    BNF Publications will now host the Summary of antimicrobial prescribing guidance – managing common infections on behalf of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Public Health England (PHE). The hosting on BNF.org is an interim measure, whilst a long-term solution for the governance and hosting is established.

    The Summary is a rapid reference containing recommendations around antimicrobial prescribing from NICE and PHE. The Summary will be updated at least quarterly and is available here.

    The Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists would like to congratulate one of our members, Helen Beaumont-Waters on her new position. On 27th October, Helen, a Podiatrist, Advanced Clinical Practitioner in General Practice and paramedic has been appointed the new Head of Clinical Development for Primary and Urgent Care at the College of Paramedics.

    Helen was a paramedic with Yorkshire Ambulance Service for 26 years and trained as an Emergency Care Practitioner, otherwise known as a Specialist Paramedic in Primary and Urgent Care. She qualified as a podiatrist in 2017 and is an Independent and Supplementary Prescriber and has been working with Health Education England on national workforce transformation projects in podiatry.

    Helen said: “I am thrilled to be appointed as the College’s Head of Clinical Development in Primary and Urgent Care, and I’m looking forward to the journey ahead to unlock the potential, and evolve the superpowers, of paramedics working in these areas. 

    “This is an exciting time for the profession, and I believe that together we can drive forward progression for personal and professional development, provide even more opportunities for our members and strengthen our clinical skills to ultimately improve care for all our patients.  I look forward to working with everyone at the College to build on the fabulous work they have already done to promote and advance paramedics in primary care.”

    Tracy Nicholls, CEO of the College of Paramedics said: “We are delighted to welcome Helen to this new role.  We recognise that our members who work in primary and urgent care can feel their views are not always represented but I am sure Helen will enable consultation and representation at a national level through the College with input from members.  I have no doubt that she will quickly make an impact and we are particularly pleased with Helen’s additional skills and capabilities which I am sure will provide a very different approach to our future work.”

     

    We are proud to have Helen as a very active member of the IOCP and wish her all the best in her new role.

     

    Dear colleague,

     

    As you may be aware the Department of Health and Social Care has launched a consultation concerning proposed amendments to the Human Medicine Regulations. The purpose of these amendments is to support the deployment of a COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, once available, as well as support the expansion of the seasonal influenza vaccination programme. The consultation is currently available on the Government website via the link below.

    Distributing vaccines and treatments for COVID-19 and flu

    These proposals, particularly section three, could impact on the medical entitlements of some of our professions and therefore we would encourage you to respond where possible to represent your profession’s views.

     

    The deadlines is 18th September, however given that the consultation will be short Government will remain open to the possibility of making further changes even after the consultation is finalised and amendments have been made. If you have any questions, you can contact COVID19VaccineTeam@dhsc.gov.uk.

     

    The HCPC are currently preparing a response and plan to submit this by the deadline. In the meantime, we are interested to hear from you if your organisation plans to respond to the consultation. We would like to ensure our response aligns and reflects the views of our professions and so would invite you to share your views and key points with us. Please get in touch via email at olivia.bird@hcpc-uk.org.

    Kind regards,

    Olivia Bird

    Policy Manager

    PRESS RELEASE

    Friday, August 21, 2020

     

    Invitation to join the English Diabetes Footcare Network

     

    Diabetes foot health professionals working in England have been invited to join a new network.

    The English Diabetes Footcare Network (EDFN) is an online community dedicated to the improvement of diabetes footcare in England, supported by the College of Podiatry.

    Benefits of joining include the dissemination of best practice, a professional forum, education, webinars and podcasts. The network will also share the latest news, publish monthly newsletters and stage an annual conference with awards.

    It was formed by a group of interested diabetes foot champions, including Dr Paul Chadwick, Professor Mike Edmonds, Alistair McInnes, Richard Leigh and Christian Pankhurst, who developed a steering group to establish a network across England.

    Chair Richard Leigh, who is a Consultant Podiatrist from Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, said: “If you are involved in diabetes footcare, join our network and become part of a new community dedicated to improving care and reducing amputations.

    “We are passionate about raising the standards of diabetes footcare and believe this network will provide a much-needed platform to share the best ways of working across the country, pick up examples of best practice and provide a single voice for our community.”

    In England, the development of sustainability and transformation partnerships (STPs) and the bids for NHS England Diabetes Fund for multidisciplinary diabetes footcare team (MDFT) transformation, with its focus on foot disease, has led to development of innovations in practice and new ways of working.

    However, there was no robust mechanism for sharing these new ways of working across England and the wider UK, with developments and duplication of work occurring at regional levels among the 12 NHS England clinical networks, without their benefit being felt more widely.

    In response, a scoping exercise was carried out by The College of Podiatry and Diabetes UK and the need for a national network was identified.

    The first meeting of the English Diabetes Footcare Network was held in London at the College of Podiatry in March 2019.

    The network is now launching an ambitious national improvement programme to drive up standards of diabetes footcare in England.

    To register for the network, visit edfn.org/register.