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Change in the podiatry workforce of the English National Health Service

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  • Braumüller, Sigrid
  • Colombo, Francesca

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Introduction: Foot disease imposes a growing burden on the National Health Service, yet recent trends in the podiatry workforce that delivers foot care are poorly quantified. Methods: An ecological time series of the NHS Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics was analysed. Annual full-time equivalent counts of podiatrists, six comparator allied health professions and total staff were extracted for September 2015 to February 2024 and for seven NHS England regions. Linear and log-linear interaction models were fitted. Results: Podiatry full-time equivalents fell from 2,394.20 in 2015 to 1,872.60 in 2024 (−21.8%), a linear trend of −65.80 full-time equivalents per year (95% CI −90.5 to −41.0; p

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  • Braumüller, Sigrid & Colombo, Francesca, 2024. "Change in the podiatry workforce of the English National Health Service," SAP Podiatry, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:podart:pod2024114
    DOI: 10.62486/pod2024114
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