Such referrals would be to a broad range of health and social care agencies, for example, mental health, podiatry and physiotherapy.
The team completed their research project during the allocated time, and in fact extended the research on podiatry workforce changes to adopt an international perspective.
Isolation and loneliness may also restrict the access of older people to podiatry services.
The international podiatry comparison study facilitated contacts with podiatrists in other countries.
A podiatrist looking at the reasons new applicants have for seeking podiatry treatment.
The intermediate care team can also directly access appliances and podiatry services.
This is not through lack of serious attempts to redress the situation, particularly from within the podiatry profession.
The team members have also given six conference presentations to a range of health service research audiences, podiatry, and other allied health professional audiences.
