Bedfordshire and Luton Podiatry Service

The Podiatry Service provides a range of specialities and techniques, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, training and advice, with an emphasis on prevention and self-management in order to reduce pain and maximise improvement in foot and lower limb conditions, thus improving or maintaining the patient’s mobility and quality of life.

We are a medical speciality, dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of foot and leg problems.
We provide a high-quality, responsive service in well-equipped and maintained surgeries, based on a patient’s clinical need.
We target the service towards those individuals who have been assessed as needing the specialist skills of a podiatrist

For more information, please see our criteria document.

Examples of appropriate referrals might include people with the following conditions:

Diabetes at risk
Rheumatic disease
Neurological disease
Immune deficiency
Septic or infected sores or cuts
Ulceration
Vascular or coronary disease
Patients on high-risk drug therapies

Interpreters are available if requested before your appointment.

Opening hours

09.00-17.00 (Appointment only).

Email address

SinglePoint.OfContact@nhs.net

Telephone number

0345 602 4064

Clinic Addresses Luton & South Bedfordshire

Grove View Health Hub
Court Drive
Dunstable
LU5 4JD

Sundon Park Health Centre
10 Tenth Avenue
Sundon Park
LU3 3EP

Luton & Dunstable Hospital
Lewsey Road
Luton
LU4 0DZ Clinic Ad

Wigmore Lane Health Centre
Wigmore Lane
Luton
LU2 8BG

Leighton Buzzard Health Centre
25 Bassett Road
Leighton Buzzard
LU7 1AR

Clinic Addresses North & Mid Bedfordshire

Flitwick Clinic
The Highlands
Flitwick
MK45 1DZ

Kempston Clinic
Halsey Road
Kempston
MK42 8AU

Shefford Health Centre
Robert Lucas Drive
Hitchin Road
Shefford
SG17 5FS

Enhanced Services Centre
Bedford Health Village
3 Kimbolton Road
Bedford
MK40 2NT

Bedford Hospital
South Wing
Kempston Road
Bedford
MK42 9DJ

Referrals must be completed by a health professional. This can be done by completing our referral form.

Please note, self-referrals to this service are not accepted.

Our Acute Multidisciplinary Foot Teams are based at Bedfordshire Hospitals. The Multi - disciplinary team are a dedicated group of healthcare professionals working collaboratively to provide comprehensive care for patients with complex foot conditions.

This team includes a Consultant Endocrinologist, Vascular Surgeon, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Podiatrists, Vascular Nurses, Antimicrobial Pharmacists, and Support Staff, all focused on delivering personalised and expert treatment for acute foot-related issues.

By bringing together specialists from various disciplines, we ensure that every aspect of our patient’s foot health is addressed—from managing diabetes and vascular concerns to providing surgical and non-surgical interventions.

Our approach aims to prevent limb amputation, protect limbs, and save lives, improving outcomes and enhancing recovery to ensure the highest level of care for your feet.

The Podiatry Service provides a Nail Surgery Service for patients requiring partial or total toenail removal under local anaesthetic. Assessment for this Service is open to all patients other than those with a History of allergic reaction to local anaesthetics. Some patients may be deemed unsuitable for this procedure at assessment or triage, in which case they will be assessed under our general criteria.

Reasons that the procedure may be unsuitable include, but are not limited to:

Uncontrolled diabetes
Peripheral vascular disease
Significant immunocompromised
Severe anxiety/needle phobia’

Leaflets

If you discover any problems with your feet, contact your Podiatry Department 0345 602 4064 or GP immediately.

If they are not available or it is out of hours, go to your nearest accident and emergency department. Remember, any delay in getting advice or treatment when you have a problem can lead to serious problems.

Information leaflets

Our MSK service aims to provide relief to lower limb discomfort where possible. After a Musculoskeletal (MSK) assessment with one of our Podiatrists you may be issued with footwear advice, exercises, or insoles/orthotics to assist with your MSK condition.

Please see below some exercise & stretching videos that we signpost our patients to:

ANKLE STRENGTHENING with Theraband

FOOT INTRINSIC MUSCLES STRENGTHENING

VMO Strengthening

GLUTEUS MEDIUS strengthening (5 exercises)