Toenails are not in our remit? Now, I have officially heard it all. If medical regulation were a patient, it would've been sectioned by now.https://twitter.com/drhethweth/status/955715225029931008 …
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Replying to @C7RKY
Toenails related to diabetes and risk of injury. But it’s a generic “rule”. Taught as a student. Staff can/should/do refer to chiropody although long wait for non-diabetes, individuals probably best paying for non-nhs care. Fingers
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Replying to @JFr4ser
Sorry, but I got it wrong - it was finger nails. Does that change things?
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Replying to @C7RKY
Im not aware of any specific “rules” on finger nails. I don’t think it’s something a DN would go out to do, maybe if they were there for other reasons. It’s one of those areas what’s individual responsibility v state responsibility
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Replying to @JFr4ser
I think this is where common sense can be lost among a plethora of rules - written or unwritten. Clipping nails is something we all get a basic grasp of in life. An old lady needs her finger nails clipping. How hard can it be?
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Replying to @C7RKY
In isolation not at all. But one has to “prove” they have sufficient wider knowledge of patient & skill of task to balance risk-benefit and crucially benefit must always “win” or else... the state as we all know makes a lousy parent/family member
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Yeah.. the more I read those tweets tho, the more I can't help but feel they demonstrate what I'm saying. I know it's not the same, but I managed to do it for my own mother. It's hardly the riskiest thing the NHS does with patients.
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