Bedfordshire and Luton Podiatry Service
Podiatry is 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
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
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.