Podriast costs

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Finally planning to get to a podriast. What's the going rate for a first appointment? I can't decide if I should shop around

The HCPC is a statutory regulator in the UK. Individuals who are not registered with them cannot as I have stated call themselves a podiatrist or chiropodist. Therefore, many advertise themselves as ‘foot health practitioners’. There is no statutory regulator for FHPs. The fact that the name has not been offered by @WowIlikereallyhateyou is interesting. Insurance is a separate issue to registration and I know that this is included in the fees paid to the Royal College of Podiatry, which is the professional organisation of choice for podiatrists. There is a useful document published by Health Education England covering the different roles in foot and lower limb care provision.

HCPC is the only statutory register for chiropodists and podiatrists. Other professionals (like ‘foot care practitioners’) are not subject to statutory regulation. There’s no set legal requirement on what training they have, what codes of conduct they adhere to or how they keep up to date - some of them might belong to voluntary bodies but it’s a completely different system outside of statutory regulation.

You need to get your Good Habits going and use your cream , if it isn't every night , at least every other night , rub in and put some old cotton socks on till it absorbs .
Save your feet from the hideous pain of heel splits/fissures , they are a 'mare to heal up because you put your entire bodyweight onto your heel with each step .

Hope that didn't sound preachey !

Yes, I'd be interested to know this too 😄.

😂 It does, but nothing my podiatrist hasn't already said! I have a reminder on my phone but sometimes I just fall into bed and forget. Can't wear socks, I'd be far too hot!

The woman I've booked with is a fully qualified chiropodist and podiatrist according to her website, a member of RCOP and registered with HCPC and offers more services than I'd know what to do with. Apologies if I caused offense by suggesting I wanted to do this on the cheap - that certainly wasn't and isn't my intention. I just had no idea what the appropriate cost would be. So thank you all for the info, plus what I should look for.