Huge Demand for Foot Care Practitioners

In case you wondered if there was a real demand for foot care professionals, take note of the number of foot care patients in just one county, Staffordshire - 42,700! Then notice that the county's health service has just removed over 11,000 of them from their waiting list.

That's 11,000 untreated foot care clients in one county...

A story on This is Staffordshire (www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk) explains:

"Plans are also being considered for high street chemists, nurses and care home staff to be drafted in to offer a simple toenail-cutting service.

Officials said action was needed because the lists had nearly doubled in three years to a staggering nine per cent of the entire North Staffordshire population.

Much of the explosion has been put down to a growth in people diagnosed with diabetes and so requiring regular chiropody consultations to prevent their foot problems leading to complications such as limb amputations."

It sounds to me like there's a need for a much more complete service than simple nail cutting! There's a huge demand for professional foot care and it can only increase. 

But Staffordshire isn't the only county where services are being cut, is it? If there are 11,000 people needing professional foot care in Staffs, how many are there in your area?

You can train in professional foot care and become a quailified Foot Care Practitioner in just a few weeks with The College of Foot Care Practitioners in the historic Norfolk coastal town of Kings Lynn. Visit the website now and then get in touch!

Elizabeth

Start Your Career in Foot Care Three Months from Now

There are only a few places left, but you can still enrol for our Diploma in Foot Care course. This is a two week course that gives successful students a Diploma in Foot Care and means you can start your professional foot care career the very next day!

Foot Care Professionals can charge £20-30 per client as a minimum and there is enormous demand for foot care services and a chronic shortage of professionals to provide those services. You will never be short of work and the course even includes a business and marketing module to make sure you get all the clients you need.

The Foot Care Diploma course runs from Monday 23 January to Friday 3 February (not including the middle weekend). On our last course ALL the students graduated and left fully-qualified and equipped to begin their new careers. One of them actually joined us to work at our Kings Lynn clinic!

Note that you will need a recognised qualification in anatomy and physiology and there is just time for you to take our home study course if you don't have that already.

ONLY A FEW PLACES LEFT! and the two week course runs from Monday 23 January, so you must BOOK NOW if you want to reserve your place.

The Diploma Course, including theory, practical and first aid component comes to £2,477, but you get a massive £360 discount and only pay £2,117.

But the course is nearly full, so you need to call us now on 01553 768661 and fill in the online application right away.

And good luck!

Elizabeth

The College Celebrates its First Diploma Graduates!!

NEWS RELEASE:

Five proud and newly trained foot care practitioners have graduated with flying colours from the first Diploma in Foot Care course at The College of Foot Care Practitioners in King’s Lynn.

Says course leader Elizabeth Dutton, “Up until now we have been running shorter courses for therapists who wanted to add basic foot care to their skills. Our Diploma course, accredited by the NCFE, came about as a result of popular demand and we have our first five graduates!”

The Diploma, covering anatomy and physiology, a wide range of practical skills and a bespoke business and marketing plan, means the graduates are now ready to set up in business.

Kerry Thomas, one of the graduates says, “It was a fun, interesting and intensive course; I can’t believe all the things we have learned! I already have several clients booked and am looking forward to it all taking off.”

Will the Diploma become a regular feature? Says Elizabeth, “Absolutely! There is a shortage of foot care practitioners, so we’ll be doing our bit to help that demand. We’ll be running a few per year, with the next one starting late January.” She adds, “Your age and background don’t matter – it’s a truly equal opportunities career!”

People can see more about the new graduates and courses at www.tcfcp.co.uk.

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Contact Elizabeth Dutton
The Foot Care Centre, 4B Tower St, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EJ
E: info@tcfcp.co.uk

** Great News for Foot Care Pros **

We have some great news for you if you're a foot care professional or thinking of becoming one.

It can be time comsuming and, at times, bewildering, trying to find materials to help you
with your foot care techniques and businesses.

And, as some of our students tell us, it can be a bit lonely out there.

We've taken all the comments on board and the good news is, for the time being at least,
we're making our membership site available for NO CHARGE to everyone who is:

~ A foot care practitioner (of whatever level)
~ Using foot care in their complementary therapy practice
~ Thinking about going into foot care

So, go across to http://www.footcaretraining.co.uk and have a look!

Even if you have already joined at Bronze level, you'll see you now have access to
all parts of the site.

Here are the things you'll see:

:: Training updates

:: Forum (share stories and finds, ask questions, etc, with other foot care pros)

:: Get in the directory

:: Foot care articles and videos

:: Business and marketing advice

:: Offers (such as discounted insurance and websites)

:: Materials for you to use in your own websites, etc

Yes, all that and more...and at no charge to you.

Sign up now at http://www.footcaretraining.co.uk/join/

With very best wishes to you from
Elizabeth (foot care trainer) and Jacqui (foot care marketer)

The College of Foot Care Practitioners, 4B Tower St, King?s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1EJ, UK

Latest Prospectus and Course Dates

Hello again

It's been a busy few months - in fact, where is this year going?!! - and we've been fully occupied by, among other things, designing the new two-week intensive course AND getting it fully accredited by the NCFE.

There's also a complete new home-study course for your essential Anatomy and Physiology qualification - again fully-accredited. We do a first aid at work course, too.

Plus, we've been almost constantly updating the Foot Care College website and we've revamped the Foot Care Professionals membership site, too - it's now FREE!!

We've even found time to run courses and treat lots of people's feet AND to welcome a new member of staff, Kerry Thomas, to the Foot Care Centre. It's fair to say, Kerry has been a revelation and freed up a lot of time (that we've somehow managed to fill!!).

Having Kerry on hand has also meant Jacqui could get on much quicker with the websites and other marketing for the Centre and College, including a series of articles published in Kings Lynn News that have brought in even more clients!

The laser is proving extremely popular, people are loving the cryo-treatment we now offer and there's something else new and very special in the pipeline, too.

All of which is a very long-winded excuse for not updating this blog for a while!!!

Anyway, how does all this affect you?

Well, you can now download the new prospectus and see the latest course dates at the College Website, AND you can sign up at the membership site and get full access to everything for free, AND you can still contact the clinic to get your feet treated!!

Telephone: 01553 768 661 or email: enquiries@thefootcarecentrekingslynn.co.uk

Now I think I might need a lie down!!

Elizabeth

New Website for Footcare Professionals

The Footcare Centre has now created a website aimed specifically to help footcare professionals with training, marketing and managing their businesses.

It's in its early stages, but you can get a sneak preview now at http://www.footcaretraining.co.uk.

It's free to join and you can also get details of our foot care training courses, from taster sessions to full-scale intensive theory and practical footcare courses lasting a week each.

If you are, or want to be, a footcare professional, visit http://www.footcaretraining.co.uk now.