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<p>The General Medical Council and Healthcare Professions Council ensure that graduates
are equipped with the skills required to treat patients who come to seek help. It
is for individual NHS Employers to ensure that NHS staff have the up to date skills
they need to treat patients referred for treatment.</p><p>Health Education England
published in September 2021 “The Standards for the Foot Health Workforce”. Amendments
were made to the Standards following the consultation and the final version of the
Standards, alongside the consultation findings, were published in May 2022.</p><p>The
Foot Health Standards are part of work that aims to increase the supply of podiatrists
in the NHS while expanding the role of the support workforce. The Standards will ensure
that the NHS recognises the knowledge and skills of the wider foot health support
workforce.</p>
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