Frequently Asked Questions
- Are you a chiropodist? YES
It is illegal to call yourself a chiropodist or podiatrist unless Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Are you registered? YES
The Health and Care Professions Council is the ONLY official register
- Do you sterilise your instruments? YES
All instruments are cleaned in an ultrasonic bath and then autoclaved to sterilise them. Needles and scalpel blades are one use only and then safely disposed of.
- Do you use a clean set of instruments for each patient? YES
Yes, absolutely
- How long have you been practising as a Chiropodist? over 35 years
I have been a chiropodist in Tenterden in Kent for 30 years.
Health and Care Professions Council
The Health and Care Professions Council is a regulator, set up to protect the public. The HCPC keep a register of health professionals who meet certain standards of training, professional skills, behaviour and health.
You can ONLY call yourself a chiropodist or podiatrist if you are on the Health and Care Professions Council's register for registered practitioners. For those not on the HCPC official register you might see the terms Foot Health Practitioner or Foot Health Professional
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Contact Sue Ferguson
Podiatrist
Book an appointment now to help your foot pain (please note I am not accepting new patients)
Tel: 01580 765546
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Sue Ferguson
Qualified Chiropodist
Registered with the
Health and Care Professions Council
Registration No. CH16194 |
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