Podiatry
Suffolk Podiatry seeks to enable patients to maintain their own foot health with confidence and to protect those patients most at risk of life-changing foot health complications.
Podiatry
Suffolk Podiatry is a high-risk specialist service. Podiatry care is determined by how severe a patient’s underlying medical conditions are and whether they are likely to develop a serious and life-changing foot health complication or require hospital care. Not all patients can be given an appointment however; we seek to provide all patients with targeted advice.
The service is involved in the treatment of the following:
- Foot complications due to conditions such as diabetes or poor circulation
- Ingrowing toe nails requiring surgery
- Musculo-skeletal foot and lower leg pain
Suffolk Podiatry is unable to provide an appointment for:
- Footcare/nail cutting or verrucae treatment. To find a private HCPC registered podiatrist, visit the Royal College of Podiatry website: rcpod.org.uk/find-a-podiatrist
- Medical condition is not connected to the risk of serious foot health complications
- Child is under the age of 5
Contact Details
For enquiries please call: 01473 921810
Via email to: sgpfed.suffolk-podiatry@nhs.net
Locations
Suffolk Podiatry covers the whole of the county (except for Waveney), and the Thetford area of South Norfolk. Patients must be registered with a GP practice in Suffolk or Thetford.
Diabetes Foot Health Advice
Do you know your diabetes risk of foot health complications?
More information is available via these links below:
Fantastic video that patients with diabetes should watch
- How Diabetes can affect your feet General overview of how to look after your feet if you have diabetes
- Integrated Diabetes Foot Pathway Nationally recognised guidance
- What to expect from your diabetes foot check – YouTube Video A video on what happens during a diabetic foot screening
Podiatry Advice YouTube videos
Podiatry Advice Leaflets
Below are links to our advice leaflets. If you cannot find what you are looking for, you may be able to find more information on NHS Choices Click here for the NHS Choices website.
- Basic Footcare Advice
- Corns & Callus
- Verrucae
- Fungal Infection
- Thickened and curved Nails
- Fungal Nails
- Lifting or Loose Toenails
- Buying Insoles To Help Your Foot Pain
- Painful Toe Joints
- Forefoot Pain: “Metatarsalgia”
- Heel Pain
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- Calf Muscle Stretches
- Steroid Injections & Surgery
Children’s Podiatry Advice Leaflets
- Children’s Footwear Advice
- Children and Flat Feet
- Children and Hypermobility
- Children and Intoeing
- Children and Knee Pain
- Children and Heel pain
- Children and Curly Toes
How to apply for treatment
- We accept online and telephone referrals directly from the patient or on behalf of someone else such as a parent/guardian/family member/carer
- Visit our referral website at podiatryreferrals.co.uk
- Telephone referral 0333 043 3966, option 1
- To help us provide the most accurate advice and care, please attach clear photos of your foot problem when completing your online self-referral. This supports us to assess your condition more effectively.
For more information on data protection in our organisation please click on the following link: suffolkfed.org.uk/suffolk-gp-federation-and-data-protection
Careers in Podiatry
Suffolk Podiatry and the University of East London work together to provide apprenticeships in podiatry locally. If you wish to pursue a career in podiatry, please contact
https://www.uel.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/allied-health-apprenticeships
+44 (0) 20 8223 3333 study@uel.ac.uk
Helpful Career Links:
https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/allied-health-professionals/roles-allied-health-professions/podiatrist
https://rcpod.org.uk/become-a-podiatrist/career-opportunities-and-scope
Suffolk GP Federation manages various community services in alliance with East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Suffolk County Council and Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.