Podiatry: Rheumatology
(asked on 19th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase rheumatology services’ access to podiatry services.
This question was answered on 27th June 2023
The composition of rheumatology teams is for local determination.
NHS England is working with The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme. The GIRFT report published in February 2021, on rheumatology recommends that patients have the right to a podiatrist and can access podiatry services, alongside other healthcare professionals, through a single named contact. This implementation of the recommendation is ongoing.