How ‘just cutting toe nails’ became a life saver

Dianne holding up a portable ECG machine

How do you think a potentially life-saving consultation could happen when somebody just comes to see me to have their toenails cut? Let me explain about a chap I saw recently…     I carried out my usual baseline checks which I do for all my new patients including using my doppler to have a…

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I didn’t know

Dianne Ashcroft with a tuning fork held to her head

Things I didn’t know before my podiatrist told me Recently, I conducted a poll among my Podiatry colleagues asking what was the most common response to: “the things I didn’t know before my podiatrist told me” statement. You might be interested in the answers, here’s the top 5 of 20:- I didn’t know I had…

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