Why AHPRA’s review of the safety of podiatric surgeons isn’t reassuring
Sixty-six per cent of notifications related to nine podiatric surgeons who had all received three or more notifications.
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Across the vast universe of healthcare, there remain some obscure planets which have remained largely unexplored.
One is the planet home to the podiatric surgeon, a rare and exotic breed given they are operating on people without having gone through medical school, never mind making that long and arduous journey to qualify as a normal surgeon.