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Australia is short of podiatrists.

Occupation Shortage List 2025 · shortage in all 8 states & territories · jobsandskills.gov.au

You keep people walking — diabetic foot care, wound management, biomechanics, surgery.

A podiatrist treats a patient's foot under a magnifying lamp in a treatment room.

Podiatrist

Australia · AHPRA

AU Shortage · all 8 statesNZ Green List · Tier 1UK NHS shortfall planIE Critical Skills

5 of 5

countries carry this profession on an official shortage or priority list

NHS Long Term Workforce Plan · gov.uk · enterprise.gov.ie

NZ Tier 1

Green List Tier 1 — straight to residence

immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22

77

open listings — NHS Jobs, Health NZ portal

exact title · 2026-09-22

18,500

healthcare invitations in the last 12 months — 6 draws

canada.ca · rounds of invitations · 2026-09-22

What you do abroad

The work, and why it matters.

You keep people walking — diabetic foot care, wound management, biomechanics, surgery.

For patients

An ulcer treated is an amputation avoided.

For the system

Shortage in all eight Australian states. NHS podiatry training places to rise at least 80%.

For you

Tier 1 in New Zealand. Critical Skills in Ireland. HCPC in the UK.

Where the work happens

  • Hospitals
  • Diabetes clinics
  • Community podiatry
  • Private practice
Where you're wanted

Five of five countries list this role.

Each card carries this profession's strongest fact there, and what is open on the boards today.

United KingdomTraining places to rise at least 80% — greatest AHP shortfallNHS Long Term Workforce Plan · june 2023
75 live · NHS Jobs

exact title · 2026-09-22

NHS Agenda for ChangeGBP 32,073Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Band 5, entry step · a year

Source: nhsemployers.org · agenda for change pay scales · 1 Apr 2026

IrelandOn the Critical Skills Occupations List (as Podiatrist / Chiropodist)enterprise.gov.ie · 2026-09-22
HSE consolidated pay scaleEUR 45,514Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

entry grade · a year

Source: assets.hse.ie · consolidated salary scales · 1 Jun 2026

AustraliaShortage in all 8 states & territoriesjobsandskills.gov.au · 2025 list, state ratings
NSW Health professionals awardAUD 76,364Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Level 1 Year 1 · entry grade · a year

Source: health.nsw.gov.au · health professionals state award · 1 Jul 2025

New ZealandGreen List Tier 1 — straight to residenceimmigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22
2 live · Health NZ portal

exact title · 2026-09-22

Health NZ allied health scaleNZD 77,087Primary confidence — From the regulator’s own site or fee schedule, September 2026.

Step 1 · entry grade · a year

Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz · allied health collective agreement · 2 Sept 2024

Who regulates you

Who decides, country by country.

The regulator assesses your qualification. We prepare and submit the file. The decision is theirs.

United Kingdom

HCPC

Registered as Chiropodist / Podiatrist

  • Degree, transcripts & syllabus mapped to its Standards of Proficiency
  • Registration and experience in your home country
  • English language test
hcpc-uk.org

Ireland

CORU

  • Qualification recognition against the Irish standard
  • Syllabus, placement hours and scope of practice
  • English language and good standing
coru.ie
  • Qualification assessment or portfolio, board by board
  • Supervised practice and recency
  • English language test
podiatryboard.gov.au
  • Qualification assessed against the NZ standard
  • Registration with the profession’s own board
  • Green List job offer → Straight to Residence
podiatristsboard.org.nz
  • Credential assessment for the province you choose
  • A national certification exam for most professions
  • Language test — English or French
canada.ca
Your route

Four steps to registration.

Fit check against the podiatry regulator’s standards

Your degree, syllabus and clinical hours read against the regulator’s own published standards.

Scope of practice evidenced

Every document in the form the regulator asks for, translated and legalised in the right order.

Filed in your regulator account

Filed in your own account. Every query drafted by us, sent by you, tracked to the answer.

Registered

Registration comes first. The visa route follows the destination country’s published framework.

Recent numbers

The latest official figures.

Read from the government's own pages in September 2026. The date is the disclosure.

11,428

podiatrists on the HCPC register

hcpc-uk.org · register summary · 1 Sept 2026

6,210

podiatrists on the AHPRA register

ahpra.gov.au · australian health practitioner · read 23 Sept 2026

Tier 1

Green List Tier 1 — straight to residence

immigration.govt.nz · 2026-09-22

10,000

skilled-independent (189) invitations in the last SkillSelect round

immi.homeaffairs.gov.au · 2026-09-22

97,475

open NHS vacancies — 6.5% of the workforce

nhs vacancy statistics · mar 2026

Canada's last six Express Entry healthcare draws

Draw dateInvitationsCRS cut-off
4 Sept 20263,500475
25 Jun 20264,000475
20 Feb 20264,000467
11 Dec 20251,000476
14 Nov 20253,500462
15 Oct 20252,500472

canada.ca · rounds of invitations · 2026-09-22

Route finder

Where could you be working next year?

Two answers. Ten seconds. Then we show you what's open for your profession.

These describe each country’s general immigration framework as published, not a route we can promise or advise on. Immigration rules change and are applied case by case. For your own circumstances, consult a registered immigration adviser.

See your own route as a podiatrist.

One more answer — where you want to work — and the facts are on screen.