FOOT CARE ASSISTANT (ACCO) - podiatry assistant - diploma award badge (1970's / 1980's)
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For sale is a diploma award badge issued by the ASSISTANT of CHIEF CHIROPODY OFFICERS (ACCO) to candidates who successfully passed their Foot-Care Assistant examinations. This badge would originally have accompanied the ACCO certificate. An assistant practitioner is the podiatry support worker that included qualified foot-care assistants within the health services. Nowadays, the word PODIATRY is generally used instead of Chiropody to avoid confusion with other English-speaking countries such as the USA and Australia, although both words refer to the very same form of healthcare.
Podiatry Assistants were officially introduced by the UK Department of Health in 1977 to help overburdened podiatry services. The ACCO developed national training guidelines for podiatry services and in 1998 they merged with the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists.
https://rcpod.org.uk/events-and-courses/assistant-practitioner-training (Royal College of Podiatry website).
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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 1 1/32" x 1 1/2" (26mm x 38mm).
Material(s): diecast metal alloy with 3 vitreous enamel.
Finish: gilt.
Fitting: pin.
Imprint: none.
Approximate age: c.1977 to c.1990.
CONDITION:
Excellent condition. No damage. Pin in working order.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.
POSTAGE:
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RETURNS:
* Return accepted if the item(s) is returned in same condition it left me, then the full Agreed Asking Price will be refunded. Postal costs are not refundable.
* Buyer pays the return postal costs - unless agreed otherwise.
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