Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of podiatrists in the NHS and in private practice to prevent conditions deteriorating and increasing longer term treatment costs for the NHS.

The NHS People Plan work programme is completing a review of all allied health professions, including podiatrists. This will look at capacity requirements up to 2024 considering both the current and future capacity needs for all allied health professions. The NHS People Plan is due to be published in early 2020.