Maidenhead Podiatry complies with the 1998 Data Protection Act by ensuring that personal information about patients is processed fairly and lawfully, and will only be shared with the specific consent of the patient. 

We need to keep a comprehensive and accurate personal data about patients in order to provide safe and appropriate care. We are required by law to hold this information for eight years for adults and  until 25 years of age for children, which ever is sooner, after which it will be destroyed. 

Data is held in the practice computer and in a manual filing system. The information is not accessible to the public and can only be viewed by authorised members of staff. Our computers have secure  audit trails and are backed up routinely.

Women do tend to have four times as many foot problems as men with choice of footwear usually to blame.

Very few foot problems are genetic. Foot problems often occur because of neglect and poor understanding of proper foot care. The most common cause is ill fitting footwear.

Follow the contour of the toe. Leave them slightly longer than the tip of the toe and never cut down the sides as this significantly increases the risk of pain and infection.