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specialist outreach service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The program provides culturally safe foot care closer to home at no cost to you, with no referral needed. The team are able to help organise transport.<\/p>\n<p>Deadly Feet does not replace your regular podiatry appointments.<\/p>\n<h2>Eligibility<\/h2>\n<p>\u2713\u00a0 Have any concerns about your feet<br \/>\n\u2713\u00a0 Have sore legs when you walk<br \/>\n\u2713\u00a0 Have diabetes<br \/>\n\u2713\u00a0 Have kidney problems<br \/>\n\u2713\u00a0 Smoke, or used to smoke<\/p>\n<h2>How it works<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You can refer yourself to the Deadly Feet program by calling (07)&nbsp;3647&nbsp;1500 or you can ask your doctor or podiatrist to refer you.<\/li>\n<li>One of the Deadly Feet team members will call you to plan an appointment in a Deadly Feet clinic closer to home.<\/li>\n<li>An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurse, a vascular specialist, sonographer and podiatrist will be available on the day to provide a comprehensive assessment of your feet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Clinic locations<\/h2>\n<p>Deadly Feet holds clinics at the following locations<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/hospitals-services\/satellite-health-centres\">Kallangur Satellite Health Centre (Kallangoor)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moretonatsichs.org.au\/clinics\/caboolture-specialist-clinic\/\">Caboolture MATSICHS Specialist Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/primaryhealth.org.au\/\">Galangoor Duwalami \u2013 Hervey Bay<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craicchs.org\/\">Cherbourg CRAICCHS &amp; Hospital<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contact us<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> Deadlyfeet@health.qld.gov.au <br \/>\n<strong>Phone:<\/strong> <a href=\"tel:0736471500\">(07)&nbsp;3647&nbsp;1500<\/a> or <a href=\"tel:0474215801\">0474&nbsp;215&nbsp;801<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong> Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Vascular Administration<br \/>\nLevel 3, Dr James Mayne Building<br \/>\nRoyal Brisbane &amp; Women\u2019s Hospital<br \/>\nHerston QLD 4029<\/p>\n<p>For more information <a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/rbwh\/healthcare-services\/aboriginal-torres-strait-islander\/deadly-feet\">visit the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"parent":2293,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width-with-banner.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3056,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2309\/revisions\/3056"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/ourhealthourway\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}