title: Podiatry: an illustration of surgery provided by allied health professionals.
abstract: As with the prescribing of medicines, the provision of surgery continues to evolve and this is particularly true in the delivery of foot surgery which, until the 1960s, in the United Kingdom was practiced exclusively by medically qualified surgeons. Over the last 40 years however podiatric surgery performed by podiatrists has become established as a viable, safe and cost effective alternative to traditional models of service provision.
authors.affiliation: Department of Podiatric Surgery, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Park House Health and Social Care Centre, 61 Burton Road, Carlton, Nottingham NG4 3DQ. anthony.maher@nottshc.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maher
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011032:Podiatry / Q000193:education; D024382:Professional Role; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000193:education; D006113:United Kingdom