Foot care - available on the NHS?

[LittleGreyCat]

I am starting to struggle with keeping my toenails trimmed.

Two issues really; I am very inflexible so can't get very close to them and my eyesight is starting to fail through AMD.

I am now looking for someone to care for them, and wondered if an NHS Podiatrist would be suitable for this, and perhaps even free?

 

[Duncan Mackay]

I am starting to struggle with keeping my toenails trimmed.

Two issues really; I am very inflexible so can't get very close to them and my eyesight is starting to fail through AMD.

I am now looking for someone to care for them, and wondered if an NHS Podiatrist would be suitable for this, and perhaps even free?

You can self refer for help cutting your toenails, subject I think to meeting certain criteria.

Podiatry services

On this page you’ll find information about podiatry services you can self refer to in Suffolk and north east Essex. The NHS Constitution gives most people living in England the right to choose where to receive treatment. Services in north east Essex Unsure about where the boundaries we refer to...

suffolkandnortheastessex.icb.nhs.uk

 

[lovinglife]

I am starting to struggle with keeping my toenails trimmed.

Two issues really; I am very inflexible so can't get very close to them and my eyesight is starting to fail through AMD.

I am now looking for someone to care for them, and wondered if an NHS Podiatrist would be suitable for this, and perhaps even free?

You can self refer but depending on your area there could be a long waiting list & the criteria is becoming stricter.

Private may not be that expensive, I have a lady who comes to my house about every 3 months she’s about £30, she cuts my nails, hard skin & moisturiser

I do get pedicures in between at a salon so you’ll probably need more regular visits, possibly every six weeks or so

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Thanks to those who responded so far.
I suspect that I am not challenged enough to qualify for free foot care, but just checking in case I am.

 

[Pipp]

I remember my parents reaching age 60 , some 40 years ago, being invited to local NHS clinic every six weeks for foot care, free at the point of delivery, as the NHS ethos had originally been.

Arthritic, short sighted , diabetic self, well over age 60, with broken ankle, broken wrist on dominant hand and dislocated thumb on other hand , last year, requested appointment through self referral at same NHS clinic my parents had previously attended. I usually go to a private podiatry service, but their clinic was not accessible.

Waited almost 5 months for the NHS clinic.
Seems NHS podiatry is going same way as NHS dentistry. Postcode lottery.

I think you are going to need to find a private podiatry service. Unless you are very lucky, @LittleGreyCat .

 

[Outlier]

I see a private practitioner, not very expensive at at all.