Before completing our application form, please check our criteria below to see if we provide the service you need.
We treat a range of foot conditions where there is a medical need, including:
- • Painful toenails, including ingrown toenails*
- • Painful corns*
- • Open wounds below the ankle for four weeks or longer
- • Children with foot pain
- • Sudden red, hot, swollen foot with or without an open wound
- • Assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal problems associated with walking or running.
- • A foot problem and a medical condition that poses a risk to the feet, for example, diabetes, rheumatology consultant patients, renal consultant patients, patients with confirmed peripheral arterial disease and chemotherapy patients.
*You will be managed and then discharged once your treatment is completed.
If you have a condition we can help with, please complete an application form for assessment.
We are unable to provide:
• Nail cutting for those who are unable or anxious, including:
- • Those on blood thinners
- • Routine footcare for those who have diabetes but have not been formally assessed as ‘high risk’ for foot problems.
- • Those who cannot reach their feet or grip nail clippers.
- • Treatment if your problem is footwear related.
- • Dry skin treatment.
- • Treatment of skin infections and verrucae.
- • Treatment of fungal nails.
- • Treatment of position or postural problem without pain, for example:
- – Flat feet/fallen arches
- – Uneven wear patterns to shoes
- – Bunions or toe deformities
- – Like-for-like replacement of worn-out insoles or orthotics issued for heel pain.
If we do not offer a service you need, we advise you to talk to your GP, pharmacist or private chiropodist/podiatrist for advice.