hcfm
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Post by hcfm on Dec 22, 2008 18:56:06 GMT
i've done it, spent two weeks staring at peoples feet and being lectured at!!!
i've qualified, got my diploma, got some instruments, chemicals and a bag to carry them in
just need insurance, oh and some clients and i'll be well away!!! LOL
hope everyone is ok and i wish everyone a very merry christmas.
Andy
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Post by Admin on Dec 23, 2008 11:28:00 GMT
Hi Andy,
Well done - nice one!
If you trained at SMAE I may have seen you down there. I had a guided tour of the new facilities by the Principal last Thursday, and had to wander through the new clinic facilities/students/[patients to see the sterilisation/decontamination room, and Minor Ops Theatre.
It has been pointed out by one rude Guest this morning (post deleted) that you did not mention an autoclave or gloves. Do you know what current policy is regarding insurance and sterilisation. I'm asking because I actually don't know myself (nor do some others I suspect).
With regard to insurance, my advice is to combine this with membership of a professional body. The three main ones for FHPs are SMAE, The Institute, and The Alliance. The reason I suggest this is that as a sole (get it?) practitioner it can be a lonely old existence, and regular Meetings and a professional magazine once in a while can do wonders for keeping you in touch with colleagues and up-to-date. This forum is also good for that, and don't forget we run free-of-charge Meetings too which you are welcome to attend.
Regards,
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Post by blinda on Dec 23, 2008 11:46:07 GMT
Yep, congratulations Andy, the fun and learning starts here.........
Cheers, Bel
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hcfm
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Post by hcfm on Dec 24, 2008 22:05:49 GMT
Thanks David & Bel.
With regards gloves - they're a given and are already in my kit, as a nurse it would feel really odd not to be wearing them when dealing with people!
Insurance is being obtained through the Alliance, just waiting to start it on the first of Jan to save paying for the whole of december knowing that i won't be doing any practice until then!
With reference to the sterilisation/autoclave, i'm hoping that i'll be able to obtain one in early jan with xmas money etc. We have however been taught that cold sterilisation is still acceptable but is losing favour. Nobody could confirm any arrangements for the requirements to autoclave at certain temperatures by 2010, but i would expect that this will become a requirement in the near future anyway.
David, i trained at the College FHP in Blackeath, Birmingham so sorry but you wouldn't have seen me at the SMAE.
Looking forward though, i'm planning to do one of the Bio mechanics on offer to start my CPD, alongside other things too - the good thing is that some courses will count towards both nursing and FHP CPD - bonus! LOL
Also, its looking like we will need a licence to practice from the HPC in the near future, which some people might feel better about. Its a recent decison and is on the HPC website.
Overall i'm really looking forward to my new part time career, have designed a flyer, well about 5 actually to start some simple marketing LOL
Take care all
Andy
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hcfm
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Post by hcfm on Dec 24, 2008 22:06:28 GMT
Just thought to - when and where are the meetings?
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Post by billliggins on Dec 26, 2008 23:02:46 GMT
Hi Andy
Can you just indicate where on the HPC website the bit about licencing FHPs is to be found? I hasten to add that I'm not an 'anti' but I was talking to Marc Seale earlier in the year and he stated that although some form of registration will undoubtedly come, he didn't think that it would be for several years.
All the best anyway
Bill Liggins
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hcfm
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Post by hcfm on Dec 28, 2008 6:55:51 GMT
Hi Billiggins
The bit that i found was in some minutes of a meeting that the HPC had i think in November. They were discussing about licensing all people working with patients, so it would include podiatry assitants and physiotherapy assistants in the hospital. I'm not sure if its deemed as registration but they are talking about a licence to practice - renewable annually from what i can remember. It doesn't specify any dates though so i would expect it to be a few years before it happens as i assume it would require a change in legislation.
I'll try and get the link for you
Andy
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Post by billliggins on Dec 28, 2008 13:46:51 GMT
Thanks very much
Bill
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Post by Martin Harvey on Dec 28, 2008 23:03:53 GMT
Hi Bill and all, This is a link regarding a discussion paper submitted to the Health Professions Council meeting on 10th Dec 2008 : www.hpc-uk.org/assets/documents/100025D45Extendingprofessionalregulation.pdfThe following extract from the paper adverted to above is perhaps relevant to the current posting: Further discussion on this subject will take place at the Council’s strategy meeting on 10 February 2009 Cheers, Martin
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hcfm
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Post by hcfm on Dec 29, 2008 21:20:31 GMT
Thanks Martin - for some reason i couldn't access any of the documents on the HPC website - using a different PC than usual!!!
Andy
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Post by podmum on Dec 30, 2008 13:09:51 GMT
Should these Occupation Groups be statutory regulated and if the answer to this question is yes, how should this be achieved? Also, are they a single amorphous group or, as this Discussion Paper argues, made up of two distinct groups that could be regulated using different processes? Thanks for the insight of the future.............personally if groups are regulated with different processes there will be more fractures within a profession than now . Maybe now the profession will get the closure needed for the safety of all working in it and for whom it serves. Podmum
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Post by ronm on Jan 2, 2009 12:40:31 GMT
We have however been taught that cold sterilisation is still acceptable but is losing favour.
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Post by ianl on Jan 3, 2009 8:35:59 GMT
"...Maybe now the profession will get the closure needed for the safety of all working ..." I guess the difficulty with closure is to get it with the least amount of restrictions. After all, who will choose what podiatry is, its functional breadth e.g. biomechanical and soft tissue wise how far up the low limb it extends and how far up the low limb can a podiatrist intervene? Closure sounds good but how and what it means - I'm uncertain if it has been thought out. What a battle that could be! Ian
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Post by billliggins on Jan 5, 2009 14:10:57 GMT
Hi Ian et al. I think that we should follow the route of the dental profession, if not medicine. Discussion with dentists reveals that their scope is determined by themselves and is (roughly) 'treatment of the teeth, mouth and tissues pertaining thereto'. There is no reason that we should need to define function further. This does, of course, pre-suppose three factors to be in place:
i) agreement between all the bodies involved in foot care/treatment
ii) agreement by the medical profession
iii) agreement by the government of the day
Since both the Society and the Alliance have clearly stated that they will never agree to any form of 'General Podiatry Council', the other factors are, even if achievable, irrelevant.
All the best
Bill
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Post by TimVS on Jan 5, 2009 18:50:09 GMT
I think Dentistry is probably unique in that who else would want to mess with teeth??!! Problem with closure as regards footcare is what are the parameters. For example, does this mean that a physio could no longer treat a sprained ankle? Which bits of footcare do we jealously guard? And if the physios seek similar closure to protect themselves against the encroachment of, oh I don't know, say sports therapists, does that mean that we only treat Tib Ant as far as the malleoli and then pass it on? Being a touch ridiculous perhaps but you get the point.
I am personally of the opinion that we need less regulation and legislation, not more. Seems to me that things have found their level now. The system isn't perfect but we have achieved closure of a sort and I honestly think that asking for anything better before the revolution is wasted energy.
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