Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to regulate the use of the description chiropodist in relation to the advertising of services to the public.

The practise of chiropody is regulated by the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC). Anyone wanting to use the title of chiropodist must be registered with the HCPC. A person who is not registered and either misuses the title, claims they are registered or claims they have chiropody qualifications, whether expressly or by implication, is committing an offence.