Camden Podiatry Service offers assessment, diagnosis, advice, and treatment for a wide range of foot conditions, including care for those with complex medical histories and podiatric needs. Care is provided in various settings, including health centres, hospitals, and patients' homes. A transport service is available for those who are immobile but not housebound.

The podiatry eligibility criteria is a clinical-needs-based risk assessment of the foot, taking into account the patients foot problem and underlying medical condition.

• High risk: Patients classed as high risk are those with serious/critical foot complications or those who have a risk of developing serious/critical foot complications. 
• Moderate risk: These are patients with foot complications or those at risk of developing foot complications which have the potential to progress to serious/critical foot complications. 
• Low risk: Patients with good medical health/low medical risk with good vascular status of the feet, intact sensation, mild deformity, minimal/moderate callus and no pain. 

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

• people who live in Camden and/or registered with a Camden GP
• for full eligibility tool, see Downloads.

Exclusions

• nail cutting (basic nail care is not routinely provided, except for high-risk patients)
• low-risk patients
• verrucae
• fungal nail infections requiring prescribed systemic anti-fungal treatment
• the service cannot provide surgical footwear
• for podiatry MSK/biomechanics patients, refer via Camden MSK Integrated Service (see referral pathway in Downloads).
• People who are homeless in Camden may receive treatment at a monthly clinic at the Change, Grow, Live Centre (see Locations). Direct referral to Change, Grow, Live (awaiting to be resumed following the COVID-19 pandemic).

How to Refer