Podiatry

(asked on 30th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role podiatrists play maintaining public health; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 11th November 2020

Public Health England (PHE) is working with the College of Podiatry and the other 13 allied health professions (AHPs) to define and increase the contribution of podiatrists make in maintaining public health.

Podiatrists maintain and improve public health through, for example, conversations about lifestyle improvements as part of their day to day practice, for example, smoking cessation, increasing physical activity and falls prevention work. Podiatrists also play a role in stroke and heart attack prevention through early atrial fibrillation detection and management of peripheral arterial disease.

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