How much do podiatrists charge?

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Fast reaching the end of my tether with skin problems on my feet and thinking of seeing a private podiatrist. Please share your experiences of them.

Mine charges £40 to cut nails, deal with rough skin etc. I go every two months. West Midlands.

I would have said £40-45 at a guess but my local one quotes on their website:
"New patient initial assessment & treatment" £46
"Routine treatment of nails, hard skin, corns etc" £45

Depends what you need to do, if it's just hard skin on the bottom, book a pedicure - I pay £25 (nail bar type place not a posh spa) and they are brilliant. I go 3 x a year and my feet are now in good condition, prior they were shocking!

Not an arm and a leg.. More a lot of toes ad heel!!. Sorry absolutely no flippin idea!!.

I have a disability and awful feet I go every 6 weeks costs £36 it really is worth it.

I think I had an initial assessment charge was £45ish.

I'm paying £39 session to treat a verucca on my 12yr old. I believe it's slightly reduced rate as she's a child.

Mine is £35.00 i go alternate years and he gets all hard skin off with a scalpel in a way that a beutician can't. In between i just go to the beutician. It has sorted my dry cracked heel problem.

I have a wonderful chap and the charges have just risen to forty five pounds - caps key playing up.

I often wonder what on earth makes anyone want a job that entails managing /handling feet...

Not envy...

My DD has just had an ingrowing toenail dealt with. General appointments are £31; the surgery was more but was done the day after the assessment rather than having to wait for months (years?) on the NHS.

You could try a foot health practitioner. Still qualified, although can't do everything that a podiatrist does.

Mine trims toe nails/cuticles. Deals with rough skin and corns. Costs £26 South East.

Bloody hell my local one charges £80 for regular foot care. I’m desperate to get rid of my hard skin but he must be joking for that price!

£ 80 that's a total rip off ! My old chiropodist charged 25 and did a smashing job

Mine charges £30

@megletthesecond

I'm paying £39 session to treat a verucca on my 12yr old. I believe it's slightly reduced rate as she's a child.

After trying different otc remedies on my ds verrucca I took him to see my podiatrist who said they done really work and to put black tape on it. Worked a treat

@Sulla

You could try a foot health practitioner. Still qualified, although can't do everything that a podiatrist does.

Mine trims toe nails/cuticles. Deals with rough skin and corns. Costs £26 South East.

That’s like going to a hairdresser that can’t cut hair.

Has anyone successfully seen one on nhs? Gp referred over a month ago but no sign of an appointment yet.

I had toenail damage from chemotherapy. Seemed too trivial to bother with NHS. Podiatrist charged me £25, I was in about 45 minutes and she was brilliant.

I thought current advice was not to treat verruccas. If you leave them they do eventually get better and then yiubhave some immunity.

At least that's what the GP told me for my DCs and they never had a second one despite being regular swimmers .

The difference between "free" treatment and paying by the session?

@LIZS

Has anyone successfully seen one on nhs? Gp referred over a month ago but no sign of an appointment yet.

When DS2 had an in grown toenail GP was adamant that no podiatry is available on the NHS unless you have diabetes and would only prescribe antibiotics.

OP,
Why not ring around, check websites and see what is being offered by various Chiropody/Podiatry practitioners?

£80 is not a lot to pay for someone who has spent 3 years at Uni and has to follow strict industry guidelines. They can also spot dermatological/vascular/diabetic problems before they become serious - IMO it's worth it for the peace of mind.

@elsa888 I'm deaf and have difficulty using the phone. I wanted some idea of what other people pay before I started making enquiries. I didn't say £80 was a lot, that was someone else.