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Challenging medicine: how to influence the agenda in foot surgery

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2010 - present<br />

o ‘mislead<strong>in</strong>g’ <strong>to</strong> comb<strong>in</strong>e <strong>to</strong> two terms ‘consultant’ and ‘surgeon’, The<br />

Telegraph (Getty 2010)<br />

o Department of Health contacted <strong>the</strong> Society of Chiropodists and<br />

Podiatrists <strong>in</strong> 2010 <strong>to</strong> express its concern, and <strong>to</strong> suggest alternative<br />

titles that <strong>the</strong> Department would be prepared <strong>to</strong> accept<br />

o 15 th July 2012 BBC News: RCS calls on Government <strong>to</strong> legally protect<br />

title surgeon <strong>to</strong> those who are ‘medically qualified’<br />

o Earl Howe (M<strong>in</strong>ister for Health) ‘refuses’ <strong>to</strong> meet SCP ‘until resolution<br />

of issue on title’<br />

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