In this section...

  1. Adult Community Services
  2. Children's services
  3. Carers corner
  4. Community mental health services
  5. Community response to COVID-19
  6. Dementia and older people’s mental health
  7. Health for Homeless Service
  8. Medication
  9. Learning disability services
  10. Personalised care planning
  11. SilverCloud
  12. Spiritual and pastoral care
  13. Transforming wound care
  14. Suicide Liaison Service
  15. Tuberculosis Service
  16. Talking Therapies
  17. Useful information following a bereavement
  18. Video appointments
  19. Virtual wards
  20. Wheelchair Service
  21. Worried about someone's mental health?

Podiatry advice and urgent hotline

  • New pain or throbbing?
  • Foot swelling?
  • Foot ulcer?
  • Increase in the temperature of your foot?
  • Any areas of inflammation or redness? Redness may not be visible in all skin tones therefore closer attention needs to be paid to other symptoms such as heat and swelling.
  • Presences of pus?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, call our advice and urgent hotline on 01209 318 093, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 4.30pm. Out of hours, call NHS 111 for advice. You can also complete a podiatry hotline referral form. Send completed forms to our Podiatry Hotline Team.

Podiatry Service

The Podiatry Service ensures that the population of Cornwall has access to a high quality and appropriate assessment system. This allows us to best determine the treatment plan suited for you.

The service offer a flexible service that matches the clinical need of each person in Cornwall.

Contact the Podiatry Service

Call 01872 246 838 or email the Podiatry Service.

The service is available 8.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.

What the service does

  • Acute foot ulcer clinics.
  • Complete advice and care package planning.
  • Diabetes care.
  • Individually categorised patient care plans.
  • Lower limb musculoskeletal assessment.
  • Nail surgery.
  • Vascular assessment.
  • Wound management.
  • Emergency appointments offered within 3 working days.

Referrals

There are several ways to get a referral to the service:

  • GP
  • consultant
  • other health practitioner

You can also self refer. Forms are available at GP surgeries, clinic locations or you can download the Podiatry Service referral form (DOCX, 55 KB).

Team working

Podiatrists work closely with:

  • acute nursing
  • community nursing teams
  • consultants
  • GPs
  • orthotists
  • physiotherapists
  • practice nurses