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Podiatry Schema

Schema.org implementation for podiatry practices — MedicalBusiness with HCPC and College of Podiatry as memberOf, hasOfferCatalog including diabetic foot, nail surgery and sports podiatry as distinct services, Person schema with CHxxxxxx HCPC registration.

Definition

Podiatry practice schema uses MedicalBusiness (for HCPC-regulated clinical practices) with HCPC as the primary memberOf reference. Key properties: (1) **@type**: MedicalBusiness — podiatrists are HCPC-regulated healthcare professionals; (2) **memberOf**: HCPC (url: hcpc-uk.org) as mandatory statutory regulator; College of Podiatry (url: cop.org.uk) as voluntary professional body; both as Organization objects with name and url; (3) **hasOfferCatalog**: list specialist services explicitly — "Diabetic foot assessment and care", "Nail surgery — ingrowing toenail treatment", "Sports podiatry and biomechanical assessment", "Custom orthotics and insole provision", "Corn, callus and verruca treatment", "Fungal nail treatment", "Paediatric foot care" — specificity enables structured entity matching; (4) **openingHoursSpecification** and **aggregateRating** from Google or Doctify; (5) **Individual Person schema**: HCPC registration number in hasCredential (CHxxxxxx format); BSc/MSc Podiatry qualification; College of Podiatry SIG memberships and FFPM RCPS(Glasg) for podiatric surgeons; (6) Server-rendered in initial HTML.

Why it matters for SEO

Explicitly listing specialist podiatry services in hasOfferCatalog makes clinical specialisations machine-readable, improving eligibility for structured entity queries. HCPC memberOf enables Google to verify the mandatory statutory credential. Server-rendering is required for Rich Result eligibility.

How DeepSEOAnalysis checks this

DeepSEOAnalysis validates @type selection, checks HCPC memberOf, validates hasOfferCatalog service specificity, checks Person schema for HCPC registration number format (CHxxxxxx), and confirms server-rendering.

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