Challenging medicine: how to influence the agenda in foot surgery
Challenging medicine: how to influence the agenda in foot surgery
Challenging medicine: how to influence the agenda in foot surgery
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2004 – <strong>the</strong> media war beg<strong>in</strong>s<br />
o British Orthopaedic Tra<strong>in</strong>ee’s Association ‘declared open war’ on<br />
podiatric surgeons, claim<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong>y had ‘no medical qualifications at<br />
all’ (Hawkes 2004)<br />
o 95% <strong>in</strong> public survey were said <strong>to</strong> have believed that a consultant<br />
podiatric surgeon was ‘medically qualified’<br />
o “we have repeatedly compla<strong>in</strong>ed, but we get no help from <strong>the</strong> General<br />
Medical Council, and absolutely none from <strong>the</strong> Department of Health<br />
[which] th<strong>in</strong>ks podiatric surgeons are wonderful because <strong>the</strong>y are quick<br />
<strong>to</strong> tra<strong>in</strong>, cheap, and take patients off orthopaedic wait<strong>in</strong>g lists” (BOA<br />
President)<br />
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