We operate from several clinic sites as well as visiting qualifying patients in their homes. We work in concert with the district nursing and ambulatory wound care teams. Podiatrists are proficient in diagnosing and caring for patients with all manner of issues affecting the foot.
The following services are on offer:
- Routine footcare for high risk individuals
- Wound care
- Nail surgery
- Biomechanics/ MSK for foot related problems
- Diabetes MDT service at Queens hospital Burton
The Care Coordination Centre is the first point of contact for all East Staffordshire community services including Podiatry:
- Telephone: 0300 323 0930
- To refer into the service ( Clinicians only) a referral form needs obtaining from the Care Coordination Centre, this would then be filled in and emailed over to mpft.eaststaffsccc@nhs.net. Patients cannot self refer, so would need to seek a referral from a clinician.
- Alrewas Surgery, Exchange Road, Alrewas, Burton-upon-Trent, DE13 7AS
- Barton Family Practice, Short Lane, Barton-Under-Needwood, Burton-on-Trent, DE13 8LT
- Hill Street Health & Wellbeing Centre, Hill Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE15 9LD
- Tutbury Health Centre, Monk Street, Burton-on-Trent, DE14 9NA
- Balance Street Health Centre, 2nd Floor, Community Services, Balance Street, Uttoxeter, ST14 8JG
- Rocester Surgery, Mill Street, Rocester, Uttoxeter, ST14 5JX
- Abbots Bromley Surgery, Schoolhouse Lane, Abbots Bromley, WS15 3BT
Patients often present with hards skin, thickened nails, corns, chilblains, pain in the feet ...
Most foot issues can be resolved or at least avoided or ameliorated by doing few simples things:
- Wear correctly fitting footwear. Soft cloth footwear such as modern trainers impart less pressure on your toes and often have a padded sole that cushions the bottom of the foot.
- Use a good quality emollient daily on the top and bottom, avoiding in between the toes
- Cut nails correctly or file them short, avoiding cutting down the sides
- If you're older and have swelling in your legs and feet, try to elevate more often using s recliner chair or foot stall but avoiding leaning on the heels
- Control your diabetes as this can cause you more problems in the long term
- Quit smoking as this causes your arteries to clog up more
- Wash your feet regularly
- Keep active: you can walk, do chari exercises or swim
Here are various information links to websites that will benefit your health:
List of various leaflets to download or print
- Your guide to general footcare leaflet
- Choosing the right shoes for you
- Low risk diabetes leaflet
- Moderate risk diabetes leaflet
- High risk diabetes leaflet
- Charcot foot diabetes leaflet
- Looking after your diabetic foot ulcer
- Looking after your feet when in remission
- Footwear advice to reduce the risk of amputation
- Rheumatoid Arthritis leaflet
- Rheumatoid arthritis and insoles
- Leg cramps and pain
- Foot survey
- Rheumatoid arthritis and plantar heel pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis and nail surgery
- Rheumatoid arthritis and wound care
- Do your shoes fit?