About Laura Jo:

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I started training as an RGN in 1986 but after injuring my back in a lifting accident I decided to switch to chiropody. I completed my training with Scholls in 1994 and then spent the next ten years running a variety of surgery based and domiciliary practices in the Salisbury area and in London. One of my most successful practices was at the Old Orchard Surgery in Wilton, then headed up by Dr Andy Hall. As well as providing general chiropody services, I ran a popular weekly diabetic foot clinic as well as a nail cutting service for the elderly and less able. I was registered with the then Health Professions Council (HPC) as a chiropodist and was a full member of the Institute of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (IOPC).    

In 2004, I stopped working as a chiropodist to concentrate on looking after my five children and supporting my soldier husband. It was great fun as my husband was a Gurkha officer and we therefore spent most of our time with these lovely people. You can find out more about Gurkhas by following the link at the bottom of this page.

My husband left the Army a few years ago - he now runs a strategy and leadership consultancy and writes action adventure thrillers and books about Gurkhas - and my children are old enough to allow me to return to work. We have also returned to the Salisbury area which means that I have had the opportunity to re-establish myself in my old career as an HCPC registered podiatrist / chiropodist.

Like many of the latest genius ideas, my new online/video chiropody service was developed during the Covid pandemic because I realised that feet were becoming another casualty of our inability to get face-to-face medical appointments. Often, all they needed was reassurance and advice on how to manage their problem themselves, a service I am able to provide using today's technology. However, if you can come and see me at my new clinic in Salisbury, that would be great as well!