{"id":5439,"date":"2020-06-04T08:17:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2020-06-01T17:21:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T16:21:29","slug":"increased-demand-for-foot-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/increased-demand-for-foot-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased Demand for Foot Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>There is an increased demand for foot care, with the NHS providing only 5% of all foot care treatments and diabetes on the rise, there is an urgent requirement for essential foot care.<\/p>\n<p>The foot care that we provide is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Fewer people are applying to universities to become Podiatrists and therefore there is a huge opportunity for people who would like to work in foot health and create a rewarding career.<\/p>\n<p>\u20183.7m people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes, this is predicted to rise to over 5 million by 2025. Based on this figure 1.2 million (24%)<sup>1\u00a0<\/sup>of these people will require regular podiatry appointments to ensure they remain ulcer and amputation free. The NHS currently spends \u00a31 billion per year on diabetic foot complications\u00a0<sup>2<\/sup>.\u00a0 Approximately 6,000 people with diabetes have leg, foot or toe amputation each year, with the correct and timely care 80% of these amputations could be prevented.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Here at Healthy Feet Franchises we arm you with everything that you need to create a successful business . You will be in business yourself, but not by yourself as we have a team of knowledgeable and experienced franchisors and franchisees to help and guide you every step of the way. Through trial and evaluation, we have the blueprint model to ensure your business is successful.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to know more about becoming a franchisee and meeting the demand for essential foot care, then please get in touch using the button below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is an increased demand for foot care, with the NHS providing only 5% of all foot care treatments and diabetes on the rise, there is an urgent requirement for essential foot care. The foot care that we provide is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Fewer people are applying to universities to become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[939,255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthy-feet","category-beauty-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/healthy-feet-franchise-news.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}