WALK IN MY SHOES NHS PRESCRIBED FOOTWEAR CAMPAIGN

Hello. My name is Philip Taylor. I contracted polio aged 2 and now, aged 72 I suffer the effects of post polio sydrome. I have to wear special footwear every day to remain mobile.

Whilst in my teens,I learned to make orthopaedic footwear, now after 60 years I can call myself an expert.

In the past 30 years of running my business, The Cordwainer, I have helped other disabled people by solving their footwear problems, but often the NHS say I am not allowed to help them.

This campaign is about finding the right pathway to enable skilled shoemakers help the NHS to 'get it right'.