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Plantar Fasciitis: Health Services

Commons · Question 73511 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to (a) podiatry and (b) physiotherapy services for patients with plantar fasciitis.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 8 Sep 2025

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for commissioning services to meet the needs of their local populations, which includes the provision of physiotherapy and podiatry services for the management of plantar fasciitis.NHS England does not hold co...