Age Concern Reading referred the above issue to the Reading LINk. Their research had shown that over the last 10 years NHS Chiropody Services have been increasingly rationed and this is evident in Reading. One in three people over 65 cannot cut their own nails. Increasingly, access to foot care services is dependent on ability to pay rather than need. This can result in poor mobility, loss of independence, social isolation and susceptibility to falls.
Reading LINk took this issue for investigation and members of the Interim Board joined a Task and Finish Group, along with Janet Brown, of Age Concern Reading. To date the NHS Berkshire West Primary Care Trust has stated that they will be reassessing this issue as part of the review of the service specification and pathway planned in 2009/10.
Janet Brown feels that responses received to date from the PCT through Reading LINk have helped to provide more information than previously gained and the LINk is looking forward to making further progress.
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My 81 year old mother-in-law was told she would no longer be able to see an NHS chiropodist but would have to find a private one from the telephone directory. She has poor sight and is on Pension Credit, how can this be fair?
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