What We Do

• Provide podiatry treatment at 24 locations across Suffolk
• Provide nail surgery and biomechanics sessions in Newmarket and Ipswich
• Cover all of Suffolk, and a portion of Southern Norfolk, with the exception of Waveney
• Provide thousands of patient contacts every month
• Operate an open referral policy for general podiatry treatment

Patient Selection

The Podiatry Service offers “open” referrals based upon clinical need, the criteria for which are set out below. All podiatrists are HPC Registered (with a degree or diploma and additional academic and clinical qualifications).

• Patients to be prioritised based upon that clinical need
• Specialist care for patients with diabetes
• Supply of manufactured orthotics – which can alleviate certain problems and/or reduce frequency of visits to podiatrist
• Use of nail surgery to alleviate acute and chronic nail problems.

Commitment to the 18 Week Wait Referral to Treatment Standard

We aim to provide definitive treatment for all new patients within eighteen weeks of their referral being received by the podiatry service, this applies to general podiatry, nail surgery and biomechanics referrals.

Planned Features for this Website

We intend to utilise this website to a greater degree, enabling those who are able to access greater levels of information regarding this service. As part of this you will notice gradual changes in the level of information available about clinics, the services we provide and how we provide them. During this process you will see some aspects of the website in a transitional phase whilst we add further information, we apologise for any inconvenience this causes.

Basic Care and Advice for Feet

Statistics and Numbers on Suffolk Podiatry