Thank you for your email of 7 November 2018, in which you ask for the total number of registered podiatrists and the number registered as independent prescribers.
Your request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
On 30 October 2018, there were a total of 12,844 registered chiropodists/podiatrists. 328 were registered as independent prescribers.