29/10/2023
Good morning all. It's been a while since I posted and hope you are all well and the world treating you kindly. Also hoped you have enjoyed your extra hour in bed!!
It's been an eventful year one way or another for me but glad to say the clinic goes from strength to strength, thank you all for your continued support and loyalty.
I reached my milestone age this week and was so very humbled by the amount of cards and gifts given to me, a sincere thank you. We enjoyed a hectic city break in Rome to celebrate and will never complain about the traffic on Horsefair again!!
The diary is starting to fill up as it does prior to Christmas. Should you know you may require an appointment before the Christmas period, as I shall be closed between Christmas and New Year, please do contact me to book an appointment to avoid disappointment and sore toes...
You will note that the clinic is now open Monday to Thursday only. This isn't a phased retirement, just my decision to give me more time to enjoy other pursuits. I am everything in the clinic from cleaner, receptionist, to clinician and administrator. Tie all this with an appreciable amount of Home Visits I do for people unable to get to the clinic then I can be very busy. So after 20+ years enjoying my role as Chiropodist and now in my 60's, how did that happen!, then some 'me' time due.
Those of you who know me will probably have heard me rant about the senseless waste of usable medication and dressings etc, needlessly disposed of because the NHS Chemists are unable to take them back once dispensed by them, regardless of the fact they are perfectly usable and unopened. . Well I am delighted to say I have forged a contact with someone who can process and use these items in needy areas around the world via the various charities crying out for them.
So if you have medication that is unopened in boxes and unused, expired date wise or not: have any dressings or medical appliances like catheter tubing etc you are very welcome to bring them in to the clinic reception area where there is a bin to dispose of them. Sadly this does not apply to large items like walking sticks, walking frames, crutches etc, just packable smaller items.
Enjoy your day and keep well, happy and contented...
Phil....