Julia Shaw

Dr Julia Shaw has 38 years’ National Health Service (NHS) Podiatry experience in management, clinical and research areas within Podiatry. She completed a PhD in 2008 at Ulster University in Belfast and has presented and published her work internationally. Julia has represented Northern Ireland in a variety of national roles including appointment as an Executive Member of the Foot in Diabetes UK and as a Diabetes UK Clinical Champion. Currently, as Assistant Podiatry Manager in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, she contributes to the corporate governance framework and ensures a team of 36 Podiatrists provide high quality, safe and effective patient care complying with public sector values, codes of conduct, and accountability in the Trust. 

She is currently a Fitness to Practise Panel Member and a Registration Assessor for the UK Regulator (HCPC), a Fellow of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists UK, is a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Scientist CPD Assessor. She is an Expert Witness for the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists UK, a member of the Expert Witness Institute and has experience in writing expert legal reports.