Podiatry's role in primary care
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Primary care
NHS
Podiatrists are ideally placed to use their expertise in primary care settings by developing and embedding services that extend the ability of GPs and primary care teams to provide a focus on prevention and early intervention.
Placing podiatrists at the centre of primary care settings will:
- Minimise the impact and consequence of long term conditions
- Prevent and delay onset of deterioration of chronic conditions
- Maintain and maximise mobility
- Help to reduce the number of falls
- Enable independence leading to improved quality of life and reduced social exclusion
- Reduce the need for secondary, surgical or pharmacological intervention
- Reduce hospital admissions and unnecessary hospital referrals
- Support patients living with long term conditions
- Keep people mobile and in work
- Reduce the burden on GPs and primary care teams.
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