Paula Grannon qualified as a Podiatrist from the Northern School of Chiropody in 1989. Currently working for Northamptonshire Health Foundation Trust as a diabetes specialist podiatrist and a clinical lead for a large diabetic and high risk foot service team. Paula has been a supplementary prescriber since 2007 and with new legislation is currently practicing as a non-medical independent prescriber. Paula jointly delivers a new local OPAT model for diabetic foot infections with an antimicrobial pharmacist. Both work in a wider multi-disciplinary diabetic foot team.