All appointments cancelled under 24 hours’ notice will incur the full appointment fee to be paid.
There is a national shortage of Podiatrists / Chiropodists across the country with only *126 qualifying in 2021, meaning there is only 1 podiatrist per 5,500 patients. These figures are set to soar to 6,000 in 2025. Pre-covid, in 2018, only 183 Podiatrists qualified. *English diabetes footcare network.
Latest update from Nuffield 2024 showing the rapid decline in the profession:
We are working towards treating as many patients as possible in a timely manner and ask that you give at least 24 hours’ notice of cancellation so we many offer that appointment to someone else who may urgently require treatment.
