Home visits across Hertfordshire · Mon–Fri 9am–5pm
First appointment
A full hour with a qualified Foot Health Practitioner and registered nurse, in your own armchair. You get a proper assessment of both feet, treatment on the same visit, and a written plan for what happens next, without arranging transport, sitting in a waiting room or explaining your history twice.
1 hour · From £95.00
Qualified FHP · 20+ years nursing experience · Fully insured with Balens Ltd
The consultation with treatment is the first appointment for anyone new to Alicegate Foot Health Practice. It runs for a full hour and combines an in-depth assessment of your feet with hands-on treatment during the same visit, so you are not asked to book twice before anything is actually done.
Nse Murray arrives with everything needed for the appointment: sterile instruments, dressings and a portable treatment set-up, and works wherever you are most comfortable in your home. That is usually a dining chair or an armchair with good light. Nothing needs to be prepared beforehand beyond a clear space and a nearby socket.
The assessment covers nail condition and thickness, hard skin and callus, corns, the skin between the toes, circulation and sensation, footwear wear patterns and any pain you have been living with. Anything found is explained in plain English as it is found, and treated in the same appointment where it is safe and appropriate to do so.
You finish the hour with tidy, comfortable feet, an honest picture of what is going on, and a recommended review interval, for most clients that is every six to eight weeks, though the plan is set to your feet, not to a template.
Feet are treated at home by a practitioner with a clinical background rather than a beauty one. Nse is a qualified Foot Health Practitioner with over 20 years of nursing experience, works with sterile instruments, and knows when a finding needs onward referral to a GP or podiatry service rather than treatment on the day. That judgement is the part you cannot buy in a chemist.
A corn left alone thickens and presses further into the tissue beneath it. A nail left too long curls into the nail fold. What could have been resolved in a single hour becomes a course of appointments and weeks of discomfort.
People with sore feet shorten their stride, avoid stairs and stop going out. Balance and confidence fall away quickly at that point, and the foot problem is rarely the only consequence.
Changes in sensation, colour, temperature or skin integrity matter, particularly for anyone living with diabetes. Those changes are easy to overlook when nobody is looking at the feet properly.
Step 1
Your medical history, medication, mobility and any previous foot treatment are taken first, then both feet are examined thoroughly: nails, skin, toe web spaces, heels and pressure points.
Step 2
Circulation, sensation and skin condition are checked, and every finding is described to you in plain language. You are told what is normal for your age and history, and what is not.
Step 3
Nails are cut and filed back to a safe shape, corns are enucleated, callus is reduced and any dressing that is needed is applied, all with sterile instruments during the same hour.
Step 4
Feet are checked over again at the end of treatment, creams or emollients are applied where useful, and you are shown what to look out for between visits.
Step 5
You are given a recommended review interval, typically six to eight weeks, and any onward referral is flagged clearly if something needs a GP or podiatry opinion.
You are not charged for an assessment and then asked to book again for the treatment. Both happen in the same visit.
The practice comes to you anywhere in Hertfordshire, which removes the single biggest barrier for anyone with limited mobility.
A registered nurse of 20 years knows the difference between something that needs treating and something that needs referring.
Most clients notice the difference the moment they stand up: reduced pressure, easier shoes, steadier walking.
You leave the appointment knowing what was found, what was done and when you should be seen again.
Treatment happens in your own home, at your own pace, with no undressing in a clinic and no rushed handover.
The consultation is scheduled at one hour because a first appointment almost always uncovers more than a routine visit. Nails that have not been cut properly for months take time to reduce safely; callus that has built up over pressure points has to be pared back in layers rather than removed in one pass.
Instruments used include sterile nail nippers, a scalpel for callus and corn work, a nail file and, where appropriate, a hand-held drill for thickened nails. All instruments are sterile at the point of use. Dressings, emollients and urea-based creams are carried as standard so that anything found can be dealt with on the day.
A follow-up treatment runs for 45 minutes and assumes the groundwork has already been laid: history taken, baseline established, plan agreed. The consultation with treatment establishes that baseline. It is longer, more detailed, and includes the assessment work that later appointments build on.
Clients who have not had their feet treated for a year or more, or who have several concerns at once, should always start here rather than with a shorter appointment. It costs less in the long run than trying to resolve four problems in half an hour.
Every Alicegate appointment is a home visit. For clients who are housebound, recovering from surgery, living with dementia or simply finding transport difficult, the home setting removes the anxiety that comes with an unfamiliar clinic. Family or carers can be present, questions can be asked freely, and the practitioner sees the environment the client actually walks in, including the slippers, the stair carpet and the shoes that are causing the callus.
Visits are made across Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, St Albans, Potters Bar, Codicote, Hertford, Stevenage, Borehamwood and the surrounding Hertfordshire area.
New to the practice? Read about the practice or meet Nse Murray.
Tell Nse what is troubling you and she will call you back to arrange a convenient appointment. Qualified Foot Health Practitioner, 20+ years of nursing experience, fully insured with Balens Ltd.