Podiatry

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) qualified Podiatrists work alongside Foot Care Assistants to treat and manage the podiatric needs of patients with both long term chronic and acute foot disorders.  

We provide specialist services including:
  • General podiatric foot care (corns and callus removal) 
  • Nail surgery using local anaesthetic
  • High Risk Foot Clinic
    • Wound Management
    • Vascular assessment
    • Diabetic foot management
  • Basic Biomechanics
  • Rheumatology

Podiatry and foot health in Wolverhampton

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Patient self-referral

Patients living in Wolverhampton can now directly refer to the podiatry department without seeing a health care profession (e.g.GP).

The service does have some exclusions (The service reserves the right to reject referrals that do not meet the access requirements):
  • Nails Cutting: Patients with no underlying medical or health problems
  • Fungal Nails: Will not be treated routinely
  • Verrucae: The service will not undertake verrucae treatment
  • Diabetic annual foot screen: Without underlying need for Podiatry treatment
  • Corns and Callus removal: Without underlying medical or health problems
  • Heel pain and general foot pain: Without underlying medical or health problems.

If you do not meet our access criteria, please seek your local private Podiatry practitioner

If you are accepted for an assessment, ongoing care is dependent on your presenting clinical condition, you may be discharged at any point following your initial consultation with a member of the Podiatry team.

Home visit will only be offered if you fulfil the following criteria:
  • If you are terminally ill
  • If you are bed bound
  • Housebound patients who are unable to travel without support
  • If in the clinician's professional opinion, treatment is not suitable to be carried out in a home environment, you will be offered an appointment at a suitable clinic
  • If you can leave the house for GP, Hospital or other social appointments you will be expected to attend a clinic if your referral is accepted by the service.

If you still require a Podiatry appointment please complete the self-referral form below, once completed either email the form to rwh-tr.wolvespodiatryselfreferral@nhs.net.

Podiatry Patient Self-Referral (PDF, 123Kb)

Or print a copy and post to:-

Podiatry Department
Phoenix Health Centre,
Parkfield Road,
WV4 6ED

If you are unable to complete this form yourself, you can contact the service via telephone on 01902 444044 between the hours of 10.30am - 12noon and 2pm - 3.30pm Monday to Friday and one of our call handing team will be happy to assist you.