Training to be a Chiropodist/Podiatrist

Only carried out as a degree at an accredited training school. It is still possible to complete the basic full-time study course in 3 years.

Please contact the ‘Royal College of Podiatry’ for full details. Careers In Podiatry

College of Podiaty - Contact Tel: 020 7234 8620

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Existing colleagues and Podiatry students please do email me

Due to poor changes in the law you may find Chiropodists who are currently working quite legally who have only carried out a correspondence course of training. Ask yourself - would you let yourself be treated by a Dentist, Optician, or Doctor who claimed they learned their profession doing a postal course?

Before July 2005 if a Practicioner was not a STATE REGISTERED CHIROPODIST he or she could not work in any N.H.S. Clinic or Hospital or work for them on the Community as a Chiropodist or Podiatrist - After 2005 all someone had to do was prove they had worked privately as a Chiropodist for two of the preceeding five years to be able to continue calling themselves a Chiropodist or Podistrist regardless of what if any training they had.

Eventually the above position will not be an issue providing the new regulatory body: The Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) does their job properly. It may take another 55 years of course!

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