Arts Therapy is increasingly recognised as a valuable treatment for people with a wide range of problems. Arts Therapists – who specialise in art, drama or music – use their chosen art form as a therapeutic intervention to help people with physical, mental, social and emotional difficulties. They work in many settings, including child or adult psychiatry, learning disabilities, forensic medicine and palliative care.

Health Care Assistants may also be known as Clinical Support Workers, Therapy Assistants, and Nursing Auxiliaries.

There are now strict laws designed to ensure that employers take action to prevent injury as a result of manual handling. The main law is the Manual Handling Operations Regulations. Employers are also required to have a written policy as part of their overall safety policy. Current figures from the Health and Safety Executive indicate that 60% of all manual handling accidents reported (over 14,000 a year) involve patient handling.

As a Podiatrist, you would be an autonomous professional, with your own caseload of patients, but you would also be part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team. You would diagnose, evaluate and treat a wide range of lower-limb disorders.