The Practice Development Network for Allied Health Professions - Podiatry is chaired by Jodi Binning. The network has representation from across Scotland. The next network meeting will take place on Monday 12 November 10.00 - 15.30, NHS QIS, Meeting Room 1, Delta House, 50 West Nile Street, Glasgow, G1 2NP.
Network Representatives
Mission Statement
In their 'Code of Conduct' for members, the Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists (SCP) state:
"Membership of the Society incurs an obligation to uphold the dignity and honour of the profession, to exalt its standing and to extend its usefulness to the public. The conduct of Fellows and Members shall at all times be both becoming and creditable to the profession."
In 2001, the SCP produced its first ever published Strategic Plan (2001- 2004) which opens with the following Mission Statement in relation to the Society's role:
"Looking after the interests of Members, enabling them to practise more effectively. That is our central purpose as a professional association and trade union."
Objectives
The Practice Development Network for Allied Health Professions - Podiatry has agreed short and long term objectives:
- To maintain regional practice development networks
- To centralise information from regional networks and establish a national database of practice development projects in order to facilitate sharing of practice
- Identify resources required to support the network
- Identify key priorities for the network
- To provide regular feedback to clinicians on current practice development issues via local representatives, local network meetings, regular newsletters and the development of a website
- To promote the awareness of PCEFS issues by developing links between PCEFS professional and statutory bodies
- To encourage collaborative working with other professions including Medicine, Nursing and the Allied Health Professions
- To organise practice development training days and conferences
Click here to view the Podiatry Network Draft Objectives for 2006/ 2007 (Word, 211K, 1 Min)
Practice Development – Identifying Podiatry Clinical Improvement Priorities
Wednesday 27 June 2007, Ballroom, Perth Murray Royal
A professional scoping exercise to identify clinical improvement priorities for podiatry in Scotland in the areas of Musculoskeletal (including rheumatology) and Children’s Services took place on Wednesday 27 June 2007.
Service Development Initiatives
Please complete the template below to provide details on project and audit information for Podiatry development initiatives. Email completed templates to ahpadmin.qis@nhs.net for publication on this page.
Click here to download the blank template (Excel, 14K, 3 Secs)
Click here to download the blank template (Excel, 14K, 3 Secs)
Stakeholder Event
The Podiatry Stakeholder Event was held on Thursday 8th June 2006 at COSLA, Rosebery House, Edinburgh.
- Click here to view the Topic Specific Group Presentation (PPT, 271K, 1.17Mins)
- Click here to view the action points from the event (Word, 245K, 1.9Mins)
Podiatry Special Interest Groups (PIGS)
Links
www.orthopaedic-podiatry.org
This new website is a focus point for the emerging discipline of "Orthopaedic Podiatry" an ESP role which is proving popular in Scotland.
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