13 February 2011

Chiropodists and Podiatrists want the fraudsters nailed

The Health Professions Council have been painfully slow in prosecuting unregistered people who are illegally claiming to be chiropodists or podiatrists.

Chiropodist and podiatrist are legally protected titles. If you use the terms chiropodist, podiatrist, chiropody and podiatry you must be registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC), and the only way [...]

24 October 2010

Arthritis Research UK – Back pain

I need a wall to bang my head against …

At the Back Pain Show in Olympia yesterday I picked up a booklet called "An information booklet – Back Pain" produced by the Arthritis Research Campaign (now Arthritis Research UK).

The question that should be on page 1 in 60 [...]

20 August 2010

Clearly unacceptable ...

Operations at Hillingdon Hospital in Uxbridge were cancelled this week after "sterile" surgical instruments were found with human flesh and bone stuck on them. And it wasn’t just one surgical kit that was contaminated but 24 surgical kits. Fit for purpose? I don’t think so!

"Clearly unacceptable" is a bit of an [...]

23 June 2010

Community Clinics - NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent

I’m always being asked how to contact the free NHS chiropody and podiatry clinics in my local area. The chiropody and podiatry clinics in my local area are run by the Eastern and Coastal Kent Primary Care Trust. So if you want to know where the free chiropody and podiatry clinics are in [...]

28 March 2010

Chiropody, Podiatry and Foot Health Courses

Chiropodist and podiatrist are protected titles by law. In order to call yourself a chiropodist or podiatrist, or say that you do chiropody or podiatry, you must be registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC). In order to register with the HPC new registrants must now have a degree in podiatry from one [...]

14 March 2010

Chiropody/Podiatry Treatment Card

I’ve just produced a new chiropody / podiatry A5 treatment card in Publisher. If anyone wants a PDF copy for their own use just email me (mail@sueferguson.co.uk). You can print this onto A4 card then cut in half to get your own A5 chiropody / podiatry treatment card. You can print a few [...]

3 February 2010

Why we all need a podiatrist

An excellent article in The Times today Save our soles – why we all need a podiatrist. It certainly seems that Victoria Beckham needs a podiatrist with her bunions.

From The Times article

The article certainly does a good job of promoting the podiatry profession and the use of the word [...]

About Me

My name is Sue Ferguson and I am a chiropodist and podiatrist working in private practice in Tenterden, Kent, in the south east of England.

Sue Ferguson, Chiropodist and Podiatrist
Sue Ferguson
Tel: 01580 765546

I am registered with the Health Professions Council, the regulatory body for health professionals and I have been treating feet for over 20 years.

For further information about my chiropody practice see my practice website where you will find lots of tips and information.

From a professional point of view I find feet, foot conditions and shoes fascinating. I spent the first part of my life waiting for the Internet to be invented and now it's here I want to share my enthusiasm about feet with you all.




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