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Frequently Asked Questions

• Are you a chiropodist? YES
  It is illegal to call yourself a chiropodist or podiatrist unless Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
  
  
• Are you registered? YES
  The Health and Care Professions Council is the ONLY register
  
  
• Do you sterilise your instruments? YES
  All instruments are cleaned in an ultrasonic bath and then autoclaved to sterilise them. Needles and scalpel blades are one use only and then disposed of.
  
  
• Do you use a clean set of instruments for each patient? YES
  Absolutely
  
  
• How long have you been practising as a Chiropodist? 22 years
  I have been a chiropodist in Tenterden in Kent for 20 years.

Health and Care Professions Council

The Health and Care Professions Council is a regulator, set up to protect the public. The HCPC keep a register of health professionals who meet certain standards of training, professional skills, behaviour and health. There are currently over 180,000 professionals on the register.

You can ONLY call yourself a chiropodist if you are on the Health and Care Professions Council's register.

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